You can visit the site of the first inauguration, see the stone where George Washington stood and see the St. John’s Lodge Masonic Bible at Federal National Memorial at 26 Wall Street.

Washington delivered his first inauguration speech on April 30, 1789, at Federal Hall in New York City. He wore the custom coat, made by the Hartford Woolen Manufactory in Connecticut.

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...

Against this anxious backdrop, Washington began working on the first inaugural address in the winter of 1789. He entrusted the task to his wartime aide-de-camp David Humphreys, a Yale-educated ...

George Washington’s 1789 inauguration suit coat is now on display at Mount Vernon.Our first President was intentional with his details: the domestically produced wool suit was meant to promote ...

George Washington's handwritten inaugural speech, currently on display at the National Archives. Jeffrey Reed. Editor’s Note, January 8, 2021: In advance of president-elect Joseph R. Biden’s ...

Engraving from 1869 commemorating the first inauguration of President George Washington on April 30, 1789. (iStock) By Gillian Brockell.

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.

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European royalty, will be on display at Mount Vernon. By Alexander Nazaryan Fashion ...

This Sunday, the George Washington Inaugural Bible — which Washington used to swear his oath of office as the country’s first president in 1789 — will be on public display from 11 a.m. to 3 p… ...

George Washington’s 1789 inauguration suit coat is now on display at Mount Vernon. Our first President was intentional with his details: the domestically produced wool suit was meant to promote ...