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 chose an American manufacturer to create ...
The first president realized that working with Congress – not alone or against it – was the best way to actually create an ...
From there, George Washington’s teeth got even worse ... By the time he was sworn in as the first president of the United States in 1789, Washington had just one tooth left.
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 ...
When George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States in 1789 in New York, William Maclay, one of the founders of Sunbury, took part in the ceremony. Maclay ...
Above all, Washington was a farmer ... In the so-called Decision of 1789, Congress determined that the president did have that power, but only after Vice President John Adams broke the deadlock ...