‘Lincoln Bible’ in spotlight
Bible used by 16th US President Abraham Lincoln
Washington - Arab Today
At his swearing-in on Friday, Donald Trump will stand before a crowd of thousands and place his hand on his own Bible and, symbolically, on that used by Abraham Lincoln 156 years before.
The president-election’s inauguration committee on Tuesday announced that Trump would be sworn by Chief Justice John Roberts, using two books.
The first — embossed with his name — was given to Trump by his mother when he graduated from New York’s Sunday Church Primary School in 1955.
Trump will also place his hand on the same Bible used by Lincoln at his first inauguration ceremony in 1861.
“President-elect Trump is humbled to place his hand on Bibles that hold special meaning both to his family and to our country,” said Trump’s pointman for the inauguration ceremony Tom Barrack.
The Lincoln Bible was also used by US President Barack Obama when he was sworn in as president in 2009 and then again after re-election in 2013.
Source: Arab News
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