PHILADELPHIA >> When Michael Jacobs, a professor at Pennsylvania College – now Gettysburg College – chose to let Edward Everett use his personal lectern for his two-hour speech, Jacobs had no idea ...

Pope Francis will stand behind the same lectern used by Abraham Lincoln during The Gettysburg Address when he delivers a speech on immigration and religious liberty at Independence Hall. Standing ...

First, a pet peeve I just have to get off my chest: It is not called a “podium,” it is called a “lectern.” A podium is a platform that you stand on in order to be seen by an audience. And if you don’t ...

A comment on a recent Post article (not on our blog) faulted the author thus: Before you attack others, look up "podium" and "lectern." You used "podiums" I assume as a plural form of podium when you ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to use for a press event Wednesday afternoon the same lectern that a rioter dragged through the halls of the Capitol during last week’s insurrection, her office ...