Fun facts about Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, delivered by Robert Morehouse: - Famou
Fun facts about Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, delivered by Robert Morehouse: - Famous Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner photographed the address. (photo) - Frederick Douglass was in attendance…and so was Lincoln’s future assassin John Wilkes Booth. (more info) - One of two speeches inscribed in the Lincoln Memorial, the other being the Gettysburg Address. (photo) - Daniel Day-Lewis delivered excerpt of this speech when he portrayed the President in last year’s Oscar-winning movie Lincoln. - Vice President-Elect Andrew Johnson drank whiskey to remedy his typhoid fever…and had a bit too much. He was noticeably intoxicated during his inauguration. (more info) (Pictured: Original Draft of the speech) -- source link
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