Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Wordless Wednesday: Verse 8


An explanation is in comments.

11 comments:

elementary historyteacher said...

This is the Bible Abraham Lincoln used at his inauguration in 1861.

Chief Justice Roger B. Taney administered the oath of office.

The ceremony was witnessed by the Clerk of the Supreme Court, William Thomas Carroll, who recorded the event in the back of the Bible to authenticate it.

The Bible was given to the Library of Congress in 1928 by Mrs. Robert Todd Lincoln.

ann said...

What a great WW! Thanks for sharing such an interesting picture - and explanation!

An Ordinary Mom said...

Wow, thanks for the history and the photo!

meh said...

AWESOME! WOw! Thanks for sharing this!

jennyr said...

ohhh...thanks for the info! great choice!

Celfyddydau said...

Great historical artifact. ggod choice for a WW.

Valerie said...

COOL Pic. :)
Gotta love history :)

Unknown said...

What an awesome picture

Mags said...

Wow. Thank you for providing a background on the photo. I would have never know that.

Anonymous said...

Yes, thank you for the explanation. I love historical artifacts like this.

Donna. W said...

Wow, that's neat. A very historic Bible.

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