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

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

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 ...

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

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 only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on ...

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 ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at ... Photograph by Chicago History Museum/Bridgeman/ACI His men came to revere him for his courage, calm, determination, and, above ...

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 ...