The New York Times28d
A Simple Brown Coat That Set the Tone for the U.S. Presidency
For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural ... The rest of the items Mr. Washington wore that day — breeches, a waistcoat, a linen shirt, a type of decorative neckwear known as a ...
Washingtonian29d
George Washington’s First Inaugural Suit Is Now on Display at Mount Vernon
George Washington’s 1789 inauguration suit coat is now on display at Mount Vernon. Our first President was intentional with his details: the domestically produced wool suit was meant to promote ...
NBC Washington27d
Inauguration history: What happened on the day George Washington became president in 1789
On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...
UPI10d
On This Day: George Washington elected 1st U.S. president
Feb. 4 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1789, George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first president of the United ...
abc7NY26d
A look inside Wall Street's Federal Hall, the site of George Washington's inauguration
Inside it, National Park Ranger Ryan Ventura says is the actual stone where George Washington stood to take the oath of office to become president of the United States back on April 30 ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press27d
Opinion: From George Washington to today, presidential inauguration speeches motivate and unite
But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else. He gave a speech. Every president since has followed his example and delivered an inaugural address as part of the ...
MinnPost26d
A brief history of presidential inaugural speeches, from George Washington to today
But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else. He gave a speech. Every president since has followed his example and delivered an inaugural address as part of the ...
CBS News26d
U.S. presidents who weren't inaugurated outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
The first inaugurations in U.S. history didn't happen in Washington, D.C. President George Washington was sworn in for his first term on April 27, 1789, on a balcony of Federal Hall in New York ...
Fox News25d
How technology has changed inauguration coverage
In 1789, when George Washington was sworn in for the first time, his speech was not available to the public until several days later. Thomas Jefferson became the first president to have his ...
The Washington Post29d
Trump doesn’t have a mandate. But, oh, does he have executive orders.
A musical rehearsal is staged Sunday in front of the U.S. Capitol ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration as president. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters/TPX Images of the Day) When our first populist ...
The Washington Post25d
Trump signs order seeking to rename Alaska’s Denali and the Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico has had its name since before the existence of the United States, and before the birth of the nation’s first president, George Washington. The newly proposed names appear to ...