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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 24 > Obama picks Lincoln Bible to take the oath

Obama picks Lincoln Bible to take the oath

By Ken Herman / The Bulletin
December 24, 2008

WASHINGTON — The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Tuesday that Barack Obama will take the oath of office using the historic Lincoln Bible — which, really, wasn’t Lincoln’s Bible.

The burgundy, velvet-bound volume known as the Lincoln Bible was....

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