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The Day Abraham Lincoln Was Re-Inaugurated: An Amazing Old Photo

Relive history with this amazing old photo from 1865 - the day that Abraham Lincoln was re-inaugurated as President of the United States. View the incredible details and learn about the location of this historic event.
Children playing in the Defrees Alley, NE Washington, D.C.; Near Capitol Building; One basement room rents for $9.00 a month, two rooms upstairs for $ 16.00, one bath and cold water in the hall for entire building.. Wolcott, Marion Post -- Photographer
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Matthew Brady
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This photo was taken on March 4th, 1865 on the day Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated for a second time. A little over a month later, President Lincoln would be assassinated in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth and Andrew Johnson would take over.

This is such an amazing old photo with terrific details. Click on it for a larger version. The caption places this on A St. NE between Delaware and 1st St, a block that no longer exists. In the background are Congressional boarding houses. If you have better information on the location of this photo, please share it below. The captions for these photos we dig up aren’t always accurate.

Lincoln's second inauguration
Lincoln’s second inauguration

Source: Library of Congress

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