and it wasn't until April 6 that enough Congressmen reached New York to count the electors' votes before announcing George Washington as the US President. Then, the first inauguration was ...

Inauguration Day was not initially held on Jan. 20. When George Washington was first sworn in as president, Congress made it ...

No tradition's story is complete without its origin. President George Washington delivered the first-ever inaugural address on April 30, 1789, just two weeks after Congress unanimously elected him ...

In fact, our country's first inaugurations were always held indoors. No, the president's inauguration was held on March 4 from President George Washington's ceremony in 1789 until 1937 ...

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 ...

With Trump's presidential inauguration just around the corner, review the history and meaning of Inauguration Day.

And before all that, there was the unexpectedly elegant, mid-thigh-length brown coat George Washington wore to his inauguration as the nation’s first president on April 30, 1789, at Federal Hall ...

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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 ...