Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural Address

Published: Sept. 30, 2022, 9 p.m.

b'On March 4th, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Second Inaugural Address. He considered it his \\u201cgreatest speech\\u201d and his \\u201cbest effort." Join Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss and best-selling Lincoln biographer Dr. Ronald C. White for a fascinating look at the Second Inaugural Address. Through a powerful, fascinating voyage of discovery, one comes away with a better understanding of where the country was in 1865 and Lincoln\\u2019s feeling towards the Civil War, the defeated Confederacy and, perhaps most importantly, American slavery. A century and a half later, as the U.S. faces a similar struggle over who we are as a people and a nation, Lincoln\'s speech still resonates. [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 38385]'