Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies Inaugural Web Site. January 20, 2009; Printed from inaugural.senate.gov.

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    Words echoing across 200 years from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address, the 56th Inaugural Swearing-In ceremonies theme, “A New Birth of Freedom,” commemorates the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth and expresses Lincoln's hope that the sacrifice of those who died to preserve the nation shall lead to “a new birth of freedom” for our nation

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