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The Associated Press reported the address would be brief. The day of the speech, Saturday, March 4th, 1865 dawned with steady rain. Streets oozed with mud. Like a shroud, fog wrapped its gray arms around the city. At 11:40 that morning, the rain suddenly ended.

The clouds began to part, and finally, on a wooden platform before the east portico of the Capitol, the 16th president was introduced. He arose from his chair, put on his steel-rimmed eyeglasses, and stepped forward to speak. In his left hand was a copy of his inaugural address.

It was his second, and with a nation weary of civil war, with a population hoping for peace, and before an expectant crowd that needed a soothing message, he began. As he did, the sun broke through the clouds.

This is the story about what he said; his second inaugural address, and despite what you may think, the one he truly believed was his greatest.

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Narrated by Fred Kiger
Produced by Dan Irving
Published by Third Wheel Media

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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
President Abraham Lincoln
Ward Hill Lamon
Joseph Hooker
David Farragut
Hannibal Hamlin
President Andrew Johnson
Alexander Gardner
John Wilkes Booth
Frederick Douglass

Transcript of President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address - https://www.nps.gov/linc/learn/historyculture/lincoln-second-inaugural.htm