1. Second presidential inauguration

    · United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., United States

    Second presidential inauguration
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    Lincoln began his second term at the Capitol and delivered an address calling for reconciliation and care for those harmed by war. The timeline heading supplies March 4, 1865; the terse quote names the event but not the venue, which is established by the event's standard institutional identification.

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