Glenn Youngkin and United Kingdom leaders rededicated a statue of George Washington in London's famous Trafalgar Square. The ...

George Washington's return of power set the country on a unique path, one that rejected monarchs in favor of civilian rule ...

The commander-in-chief initially barred black soldiers from joining the ranks, but he came to understand the value—both moral ...

The Spanish-American War was the first major international conflict for a reunited nation since the Civil War. It ended in a ...

When the Masons are not using it, they often display the George Washington Inaugural Bible at Federal Hall. They’ve also allowed it to be used in inaugurations for Warren G. Harding, ...

On April 30, 1789, Washington took the oath of office at Federal Hall in New York City and delivered a ten-minute inaugural address to Congress. In their letters, legislators noted that the hero ...

President George Washington delivers his first inaugural address in April 1789 in New York City. Painting by T.H. Matteson, engraving by H.S. Sadd, via Library of Congress ...

George Washington's 1789 Inaugural Suit. Mount Vernon Chief Curator Adam Erby talked about the suit coat that George Washington wore in 1789 for his first inauguration.

A suit Washington wore on his inauguration day, April 30, 1789, has sections missing, as pieces of fabric were cut away and sold during the era when reverence for the Founding Father was at its peak.

Former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

The only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else.