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 ...

George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation is being exhibited and offered for sale days before the holiday begins. After the proclamation failed to sell for an estimated $8-12 million at ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! White House Historical Association Chief Education Officer Matthew Costello talked about the Constitutional foundations of the American presidency.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LOWER MANHATTAN — On April 30, 1789, George ...

President George Washington's personal copy of the Acts of the first Congress (1789), containing the U.S. Constitution and the proposed Bill of Rights shown before a 2012 auction in Washington. (AP ...

While George Washington is one of the most written about of our presidents, the books tend to focus heavily on either his military leadership or his presidency. Those are the most important parts of ...

On this day in 1789, George Washington, the first President of the United States, lost his mother to breast cancer. Like many historical cases explored under a contemporary lens, much information is ...