I decided, the other evening, to walk to the Lincoln Memorial. It sits at one end of the National Mall with the Capitol at the other; had Donald Trump opted to deliver his second inaugural address ...

When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second term as president, ... Lincoln’s second inaugural address is one of the most consequential presidential speeches in U.S. history, ...

Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address is considered by many to be the best speech ever given by an American president, even greater than his Gettysburg Address. At what Lincoln called "this ...