President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20 will mark the 60th presidential swearing-in ceremony in United ...

On April 30, 1789, the United States of America got its first President, as George Washington took oath of office for the ...

"This Voyager spacecraft was constructed by the United States of America. We are a community of 240 million human beings ...

Monday’s change of Oval Office occupants is a ritual full of traditions and customs. One of the more modern ones began in 1989, when Ronald Reagan left a note for George H.W. Bush on stationery with a ...

Several weeks after Inauguration Day, Harrison caught a cold, which then developed into pneumonia, and he died on April 4, ...

While it appears to be an ordinary coat, its history is as old as America. Rarely on display because it’s so fragile, Mount Vernon is hosting a special public viewing of President George Washington’s ...

The Virginia General Assembly wanted to honor George Washington, native son, Revolutionary War leader, and our nation’s first President, with a statue to be placed in the state capitol building. The ...

The inauguration of the president hasn't always happened in Washington — or in January. Here's how inaugurations have changed ...

Thompson, a research specialist at Mt. Vernon, studies the domestic life, foodways, and religious practices of the residents of George Washington's plantation, with a special interest in the slave ...

George W. Bush's unlikely friendship with the Obamas once again on display on Jan. 9, when the Republican gave Barack Obama a ...

Then came the comparisons of Biden to one of the most celebrated figures in American history, George Washington, who refused a third term as president in 1796. Actor George Clooney, who penned a ...