President Lincoln Invites You to His Second Inaugural Dinner! March 6, 2009

Selections from Lincoln's second Inaugural Dinner menu are re-created in this celebration of that event, which was held on March 6, 1865. The Willard Intercontinental Hotel, where Lincoln stayed before his first inauguration, hosts this dinner and Lincoln re-enactor James Getty, provides after-dinner remarks in his portrayal of the incumbent president.

Metrorail: Federal Triangle, Metrobus: 11Y, 32, 36, 52, 56

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