"Symbolic Inauguration Moments"

[ReignetteC]

(01-18-2017 09:58 AM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  

(01-17-2017 02:52 PM)ReignetteC Wrote:  "Trump Will be Sworn In With Same Bible as Lincoln and Obama": http://www.npr.org/2017/01/17/510252058/...-and-obama

I'd love to explore this further: "The Lincoln Bible was purchased for the 1861 inauguration by Supreme Court Clerk William Thomas Carroll."

From what I remember reading, Mr. Carroll purchased the bible for Lincoln to use at the inauguration because Lincoln's belongings (including their family bible) had not yet arrived from Springfield. I don't have a reference for where I read that much less if it is true. I also remember that Mr. Carroll kept the bible (makes sense if he purchased it) but that it somehow came into Lincoln's possession at a later time.

Thanks! It's the "story behind the story" that I often find of interest. I will see what I can dig up, too.