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 ...
But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else ... to setting forth political principles. The political history collections at the National Museum of American ...
This button from George Washington’s first inauguration visually unified the states of the Union. National Museum of American History These addresses are more than just a series of individual speeches ...