Joint resolution creating a joint oommittee to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the second inaugural of Abraham Lincoln
PL 88-427 (H.J.Res.925), enacted 08/14/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-427-AUG. 14, 1964 
Public Law 88-427 
[78 STAT. 
August 14, 1964 
J O I N T RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res. 925] (jveatiiig a joint oommittee to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of 
the second inaugural of Abraham Lincoln. 
"Wliereas March 4, 1965, will be the one hundredth annivei-sary of the 
second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United 
States; and 
Whereas President Lincoln in his inaugural address looked to the end 
of a great fratricidal struggle and spoke, "with malice toward none 
and charity for all," of "a just and lasting peace among ourselves and 
with all nations'-; and 
Whereas, in the administration he had completed, Abraham Lincoln 
had preserved the Union of the States, protected the Constitution of 
the United States, and demonstrated to all men everywhere the 
success of the American experiment in popular government; and 
Whereas the previous actions of the Congress in observing the one 
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of this unique Ameri-
can and the one hundredth anniversary of his first inauguration as 
President had a vast and dramatic impact upon the people of this 
Nation and throughout the world; and 
Whereas these observances advanced the appreciation and understand-
ing of the history and heritage of this Nation; and 
"\\Tiereas today a part of the aspirations which Abraham Lincoln held 
for the people of the United States has been achieved: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assemhied, That on Wednesday, March 
4 next, the one hundredth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's second 
inauguration shall be commemorated by such observance as may be 
determined by the committee on arrangements in cooperation with the 
National Civil War Centennial Commission, the Civil War Centennial 
Commission of the District of Columbia, and the Lincoln Group of the 
District of Columbia. 
Upon passage of this resolution, the President of the Senate shall 
appoint four Members of the Senate and the Speaker of the House 
shall appoint four Members of the House of Representatives jointly to 
constitute a committee on arrangements. 
Upon passage of this resolution and after the Members of the Senate 
and House have been appointed, the committee on arrangements shall 
meet and select a chairman from one of their own ^roup and such other 
officers as will be appropriate and needed who will immediately^ proceed 
to plan, in cooperation with the National Civil War Centennial Com-
mission, the Civil War Centennial Commission of the District of 
Columbia, and the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, an 
appropriate ceremony, issue invitations to the President of the United 
States, the Vice President of the United States, Secretaries of depart-
ments, heads of independent agencies, offices, and commissions, the 
Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, the 
diplomatic corps, assistant heads of departments, Commissioners of the 
District of Columbia, members of the Lincoln Group of the District of 
Columbia, centennial commissions from the various States, Civil War 
roundtables. State and local historical and patriotic societies, and such 
other students and scholars in the field of history as may have a special 
interest in the occasion, organize a reenactment of Mr. Lincoln's first 
inauguration on the eastern portico of the Capitol, select a speaker and 
other participants, prepare and publish a program and submit a report 
not later than June 1, 1965. 
Approved August 14, 1964. 
Abraham 
Lincoln, 
Second inaugura-
tion, anniversary. 
Committee on 
arrangements. 
Duties.