Abraham Lincoln was eloquent in many settings, but perhaps none more than his Second Inaugural Address: “With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.” Second
The Congress of the Confederation set March 4, 1789, as the date “for commencing proceedings”, or Inauguration Day, of the new government established by the U.S. Constitution. While a particularly bad winter delayed the inauguration of George Washington by eight weeks, subsequent incoming presidents and vice presidents took their oaths of office on March 4.
Panama’s General Manuel Noriega surrenders to United States military forces on January 3, 1990. He had sought refuge in the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See in Panama City, Panama when US military troops invaded Panama on December 20, 1989. Noriega, who was born in Panama in 1938. He had been a loyal soldier to
Alice Sanger, stenographer to President Benjamin Harrison, is the first woman employed at The White House in an office position. Her position included the transcription of documents and speeches and writing “all the president’s personal letters.” Ms. Sanger’s annual salary was $1,600, and she was recognized by local newspapers as an able stenographer. In fact,
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer. He would become America’s 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865. He is best known for holding together the fractured nation through the Civil War and passing the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery. Lincoln is one of the most influential people in US
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