Thanks for joining our study today. As part of Townhall’s 250th-anniversary coverage, we are discussing President Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address, known for its biblical quotations and Christian themes. The address is so revered that it is carved into a marble wall at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Built in 1922, the memorial opened 57 years after his death by assassination on April 15, 1865. Only 42 days earlier, on March 4, Lincoln gave this now-famous, sermon-like 701-word inaugural address to a war-torn nation.
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