"Glory Hallelujah!"

Abraham Lincoln Entering Richmond Virginia
April 4, 1865

Abraham Lincoln, ~ firmly established the objective, and clearly set our course.

"Posterity will see in him a greater man than his contemporaries can acknowledge".

As Mr. Lincoln and his son walked the streets of Richmond, one group of newly freed slaves cried out, "Glory Hallelujah!", and fell to their knees before Mr. Lincoln. It was here the President paused, and motioned for them to rise. "Don't kneel to me," he told them, "You must kneel only to God, and thank him for your freedom. Liberty is your birthright. God gave it to you as he gave it to others, and it is a sin that you have been deprived of it for so many years."
[Sons of the South - The Civil War]

America's First Family
January 20, 2009

‘Change has come to America,’ first African-American leader tells country

Barack Obama, a 47-year-old first-term senator from Illinois, shattered more than 200 years of history ~ by winning election as the first African-American President of the United States. [LINK]

Obama to Take the Oath of Office Using Historic Lincoln Bible

Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office on the same Bible that President Abraham Lincoln used when he was inaugurated in 1861.

“The president-elect is committed to holding an inauguration that celebrates America’s unity, and the use of this historic Bible will provide a powerful connection to our common past and common heritage,” said Emmett Beliveau, executive director of the Presidential Inaugural Committee.