It was here, on April 30, 1789, that George Washington took the oath of office, marking the first-ever presidential inauguration in U.S. history. A commemorative marker at the site honors this ...

A suit Washington wore on his inauguration day, April 30, 1789, has sections missing ... but his appreciation is less about George Washington the icon and more about what historic textiles can teach ...

On April 30, 1789, in the first presidential inaugural address, George Washington said: ‘“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government ...

Until the ratification of the 20th Amendment in 1933, the official day for presidential inaugurations was March 4. When the fourth fell on a Sunday, as it did in 1821, 1849, 1877, and 1917, the ...

March 4 is a date that may not mean much to you, or any American. But 100 years ago, it was a significant day.

“George Washington” 1 st President of the United States. Served from two terms April 30, 1789-1796. -A lithograph of a portrait by Gilbert Stuart of George Washington at age 64 – just 3 weeks before ...

The holiday was established in 1885 in honor of the first President George ... Washington’s birthday is actually on the 22nd and this year would be his 291st birthday! He took his oath of office as ...

Important events that took place on Wall Street in that era: In 1789, Wall Street was the scene of the United States’ first presidential inauguration when George Washington took the oath of office on ...

While in character as a young George Washington ... a responsibility that brought Washington to Winchester from 1748 to 1758. Three decades later, on April 30, 1789, Washington was sworn in ...

The nation’s first president served as such from April 30, 1789 ... Vernon. George inherited an interest in Mount Vernon upon his brother’s death in 1752, and then the rest when his widow died in 1761 ...

The first president realized that working with Congress – not alone or against it – was the best way to actually create an ...

His profile is featured in one of the most famous paintings in American history. George Washington was the first president of the United States. He has long been referred to as “the father of ...