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The Inaugural Procession at Washington Passing the Gate of the Capitol Grounds
Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural procession took place on March 4, 1861. The moment when the presidential carriage, conveying President-elect Lincoln and outgoing President James Buchanan, passed the Capitol gates is captured in this print. According to the article accompanying this print, the crowd pressed "upon the Presidential carriage so as to compel it to stop frequently... but the sight was very brilliant, and the crowd, enormous."
Winslow Homer, artist; Harper's Weekly, publisher, wood engraving, March 16, 1861 |