Highlights of the Lincoln Inauguration Re-enactment Banquet at the Willard Hotel on March 5, 2011
The Lincoln Group of D.C. thanks all who supported the day’s events.
Commemorative Photograph on steps where Lincoln was sworn in on March 4, 1861
Share your photos to Karen Needles
ALERT: Michael Krebs’ blue camera is missing! It slipped out of his coat at the Willard. Please contact Karen Needles at 240-462-9802. A reward will be provided to whomever turns it in.
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Frank Parsons as Chief Justice Taney
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Mrs. Waterson(left) Mrs. Holzer(right)
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Linda Elliff
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Karen Needles, Barbara Bahney, John Elliff, and Steele Stevenson
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A day full of activities to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln.
The events are co-sponsored by the Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation, the Lincoln Forum, the Lincolnarchives Digital Project, and the Willard InterContinental.

10:00 a.m. t0 11:45 a.m. Free and open to the public
The day’s events begin at the Capitol Hill Visitor Center. Sponsored by the Honorable Jesse Jackson, Jr. representing the 2nd District of Illinois, and the above named co-sponsors, the program will begin with Sam Waterston, known for his portrayal of Lincoln in Gore Vidal’s Lincoln, and Law and Order, reading the First Inaugural Address.

Mr. Lincoln – Michael Krebs




