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Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural ceremony, March 4, 1861. Lincoln took over the presidency in a nation that was reeling from a secession crisis that had festered during the four months of James Buchanan’s lame-duck period. His supporters worried that “rebel... (More)

The olive tree of Vouves, on Crete. This tree, which has a trunk 15 feet in diameter, is at least 2,000 years old, and likely 2,900 years old, based on the graveyard found nearby. This tree likely lived through the... (More)