On Feb. 18, 1861, the train carrying Lincoln to Washington for his inauguration stopped in Albany, where hundreds of well-wishers had gathered.
Every year the society commemorates that great day in 1861 when President-elect Abe Lincoln, en route to his inauguration, stopped briefly at the Peekskill Train Depot and gave an even briefer speech.
The Obamas reportedly flew in on Branson's private jet from their brief post-inauguration stop in Palm Springs, California.
Mr. Berger, who has since amassed one of the largest real estate portfolios in the city, said he renamed the motel for Lincoln after learning that the president, bound by train for his 1861 inauguration in Washington, had stopped at Broad Street for a quick speech.
Andrew recalled, "New Year's morning — I'm on the way to the inauguration, and I stop by, I thought I'd take one more chance — I said, 'Come on.' I said, 'Let's go.
That was enough to bring women into the streets the day after Trump's inauguration, and it hasn't stopped.
AlieninDC had not dissimilar thoughts: "I guess it was hoping for too much that the blatant anti-Americanism would have stopped with the inauguration.
As Trump fondly recalled his Inauguration Day, he said it stopped raining "immediately" when he began his speech.
Hundreds of protesters streamed past empty bleachers still standing from Trump's inauguration parade earlier this month and stopped at the Trump International Hotel, where demonstrators led cheers.
As Jordan Libowitz, the group's communications director, tells me, his phone has barely stopped ringing since the inauguration, and CREW is in the process of doubling staff.
As Jordan Libowitz, the group's communications director, told me, his phone has barely stopped ringing since the inauguration, and CREW is in the process of doubling staff.
