Obama chooses Lincoln's Bible for inauguration
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President-elect Barack Obama will use the same Bible at his inauguration that Abraham Lincoln used for his swearing in.
"President-elect Obama is deeply honored that the Library of Congress has made the Lincoln Bible available for use during his swearing-in," Presidential Inaugural Committee Executive Director Emmett Beliveau said in a statement Tuesday.
Obama is also tracing the train route that Lincoln took and holding a welcome event at the Lincoln Memorial ahead of his Jan. 20 inauguration.
The burgundy velvet Bible with gilded edges was purchased and inscribed by William Thomas Carroll, clerk of the Supreme Court.
It will be on display at the Library of Congress Feb. 12 to May 9 as part of an exhibition titled "With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition." The exhibit will then travel to five other American cities — Sacramento, Calif., Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta, and Omaha, Neb. — in commemoration of the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth on Feb. 12, 1809.
(original article from http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/23/national/w070157S23.DTL&feed=rss.news)
"President-elect Obama is deeply honored that the Library of Congress has made the Lincoln Bible available for use during his swearing-in," Presidential Inaugural Committee Executive Director Emmett Beliveau said in a statement Tuesday.
Obama is also tracing the train route that Lincoln took and holding a welcome event at the Lincoln Memorial ahead of his Jan. 20 inauguration.
The burgundy velvet Bible with gilded edges was purchased and inscribed by William Thomas Carroll, clerk of the Supreme Court.
It will be on display at the Library of Congress Feb. 12 to May 9 as part of an exhibition titled "With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition." The exhibit will then travel to five other American cities — Sacramento, Calif., Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta, and Omaha, Neb. — in commemoration of the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth on Feb. 12, 1809.
(original article from http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/23/national/w070157S23.DTL&feed=rss.news)
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fauxsherrrr
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Well, he better figure out a way to abolish discrimination in state and federal laws. There's no legitimate reason I should not be able to wed someone of the only gender I am attracted to.
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fauxsherrrr
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lordsbassman
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Wow that really cool!
- 3 years ago
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