Behind the Scenes on Obama's Train

The trip was designed in part to evoke the train ride that President Lincoln took to the capital before his own inaugural festivities in 1861.
Callie Shell / Aurora for TIME

Symbolic Journey
The trip was designed in part to evoke the train ride that President Lincoln took to the capital before his own inaugural festivities in 1861.

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