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This July 4th, special note (and respect) should be given to the Inaugural Address given by President George Washington in ...
On the steps of the SC Statehouse sits a statue of George Washington, with a broken walking stick. How it broke, however, is ...
On April 30, 1789, George Washington delivered his first inaugural address to a joint session of Congress, assembled in Federal Hall in the nation’s new capital, New York City.
A 2021 interview in which Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) criticized Vice President Harris for lacking biological children calls to mind the five U.S. presidents who also had no biological offspring.
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.… ...
But bad winter weather delayed George Washington’s inauguration for several weeks, and he wasn’t inaugurated until April 30, 1789, in New York City (at the time the nation’s capital), O ...
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, 1789.
Upon hearing the news, Washington traveled from his home in Mount Vernon, Virginia, to New York City to be sworn in as president. His Inauguration Day took place on April 30, 1789.
On April 30, 1789, George Washington took the oath of office as America’s first president on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City.
4. The very first inauguration was scheduled for March but was not held until April 30, 1789, because Congress could not count the electoral ballots in time.