The former California governor is the latest to recognize that the most remarkable thing about the first president was not ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger, former California governor and actor, was the keynoe speaker at a naturalization ceremony at Mount ...

The wait was over for more than 100 people as they finally got to call the U.S. “home.” And what better place to do it than ...

George Washington used the light of this brass candle stand while laboring over his farewell address in 1796. Richard Strauss / NMAH George Washington was a man of many talents. Writing speeches ...

In an undelivered draft of his first inaugural address, George Washington wrote that his lack of biological children would benefit the country. “Divine Providence hath not seen fit, that my ...

President George Washington delivers his first inaugural address in April 1789 in New York City.

George Washington's 1789 Inaugural Suit Mount Vernon Chief Curator Adam Erby talked about the suit coat that George Washington wore in 1789 for his first inauguration. He explained why Washington ...

In the 19th century, relic hunters paid high prices for a piece of “Washingtonia” — slices of wood from the first president’s Mount Vernon home, letters, scraps of clothing and even snips of his hair.

Former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

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.

Former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush shared a playful moment that was captured on camera at Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Former President George W. Bush’s now-viral facial expressions during Donald Trump’s second inauguration have left the internet humored. On Monday, the 43rd president attended Trump’s ...