Abraham Lincoln’s lavish menu for his second inaugural ball in 1865.

Smoked tongue en geleé.

Get him.

An Inaugural Memory: President Lincoln’s Food Fight (NPR)

Earlier: A Limerick Every Four Years

Lincoln Premiere

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