The holiday that began as a tribute to the birthday of the nation's first President George Washington has now expanded into a broader recognition of the U.S. presidency, according to the ...

George Washington was inaugurated as the first US President on April 30, 1789. The United States will get its 47th President on January 20th when Donald Trump takes the oath of office. The ...

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.

President's Day started in the 1880s when Americans first began celebrating the birth of President George Washington as a federal holiday, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. Washington ...

George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

The holiday that began as a tribute to the birthday of the nation's first President George Washington has now expanded into a broader recognition of the U.S. presidency, according to the University of ...

Engraving from 1881 commemorating the first presidential cabinet. From left to right: Henry Knox, Thomas Jefferson, Edmond Randolph, Alexander Hamilton, and President George Washington.

The first inaugurations in U.S. history didn't happen in Washington, D.C. President George Washington was sworn in for his first term on April 27, 1789, on a balcony of Federal Hall in New York ...

President's Day started in the 1880s when Americans first began celebrating the birth of President George Washington as a federal holiday, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. Washington was ...

While the first and second inaugurations of President George Washington were held outside of Washington D.C., they were still held in the nation’s capital, which was in New York City in 1789 ...

Officially known as Washington's Birthday, the first federal holiday of the year was originally meant to honor the country's first president, George Washington. According to the then-used Julian ...