Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address 150th Anniversary Commemoration
LIVE Saturday, March 7, 2015
9:30am-11am ET
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American History TV will be LIVE from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial starting at 9:30am ET Saturday, March 7, for the 150th anniversary commemoration of President Lincoln's second inaugural address.
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Thousands gathered on the east front of the U.S. Capitol to hear the speech on March 4, 1865, several weeks before the end of the Civil War and Lincoln's assassination.
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In partnership with the National Park Service, the Lincoln Group of D.C. will host a reenactment of the President's speech as well as musical performances and speeches about the significance of Lincoln's words today.
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Speakers will include:
·        Interior Secretary Sally Jewell
·        Meet the Press host Chuck Todd on the Political Climate in 1865
·        Washington and Lee professor Lucas Morel (more-EHL)
·        Howard University professor Edna Greene Medford
·        Inaugural Address presented by Michael Krebs
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Music by:
·        Civil War Musician Bobby Horton
·        Washington Performing Arts Society's Children of the Gospel Choir
·        U.S. Marine Band
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