Lincoln Bible.

The Lincoln Bible was the Bible used by president Abraham Lincoln at his presidential inauguration. The Bible, part of the collection of the Library of Congress. The Bible itself is an Oxford University Press edition published in 1853, has 1280 pages, and measures approximately 15 cm (6 in) in length and 10 cm (4 in) in width, and 4.5 cm in thickness, and is bound in burgundy red velvet with gilt edges.

The Bible is due to go on display at the Library of Congress until May 2009 in a celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s Bicentennial.

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• First African American to hold the office
• First citizen born in Hawaii to hold the office
• Largest attendance of any event in the history of Washington, DC
• First inaugural webcast to include captioning
• First swearing-in ceremony to include an audio description
• Highest viewership ever of the swearing-in ceremony on the Internet
• First inaugural webcast to include captioning
• First swearing-in ceremony to include an audio description
• Highest viewership ever of the swearing-in ceremony on the Internet
• First woman, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, to emcee the ceremony