Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address on March 4, 1865, during his second inauguration as President of the United States. At a time when victory over the secessionists in the American Civil War was within days and slavery was near an end, Lincoln did not speak of happiness, but of sadness. Some see this speech as a defense of his pragmatic approach to Reconstruction, in which he sought to avoid harsh treatment of the defeated South by reminding his listeners of how wrong both sides had been in imagining what lay before them when the war began four years earlier. Lincoln balanced that rejection of triumphalism, however, with recognition of the unmistakable evil of slavery, which he described in the most concrete terms possible. The address is inscribed, along with the Gettysburg Address, in the Lincoln Memorial.
Part of the second inaugural is also inscribed as a part of this cache. Please enjoy this President Lincoln themed cache. Pictures of you with the cache are not required, but this cache has a photo opportunity so please feel free to post those if you take one.
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