Library of Congress opens up Lincoln exhibition to the public
by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service
The U.S. Library of Congress will open up their new “With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition” for the public on February 12, 2009, in celebration of the 200th birthday of America’s 16th president. The exhibit includes letters, photographs, political cartoons, period engravings, speeches, and artifacts of Lincoln. It also includes the 1861 inaugural Bible used by President Barack Obama for his swearing-in ceremony, contents of Lincoln’s pockets on the night he was assassinated, and photographs of the Lincoln family.
February 9, 2009
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