INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Much has been written about the significance of Lincoln’s 2nd inaugural address. Everything written has affirmed the importance of the address in a season of war and healing. That all means that it is worth studying in this season (2021) of national division.

A review of the 1865 event in Wikipedia is a good place to begin. Another good resource is an audio presentation by historian Ronald C. White given in 2012 at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York.

Ronald White is author of “Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural,” “A. Lincoln” and several other best-selling books about Lincoln and Grant.

Click on the link below to listen to the 50 minute program, then click on the “listen” arrow.

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/01/14/ronald-white-on-lincolns-2nd-inaugural-address