As the District Court acknowledged, President Trump was "the first President of the United States who had not previously taken an oath of office." Dist.Ct. at ¶313 n.20.

President-elect Donald Trump, center left, takes the oath of office during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

The United States began celebrating its first president when he was still a general. Nearly 300 years since George Washington’s birth, the holiday has morphed into a celebration of the presidency.