Lincoln’s New Party, Anti-Irish and Anti-Slavery
An excerpt from “Lincoln and the Irish: The Untold Story of How the Irish Helped Abraham Lincoln Save the Union,” by Irish America publisher, Niall O’Dowd. March 1861 inaugural at the Capitol building. The dome above the rotunda was still under construction. Photograph shows participants and crowd
at the first inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln, at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Lincoln is standing under the wood canopy, at the front,
midway between the left and center posts. His face is in shadow but the white shirt front is visible. (Wik-pedia/Library of Congress. Author unknown.)
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