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Inauguration history: What happened on the day George Washington became president in 1789
On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since ...
A brief history of presidential inaugural speeches, from George Washington to today
The only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on ...
Inauguration 2025: The tradition of presidents leaving letters for their successors
As President Joe Biden prepared to pass the baton to President-elect Donald Trump, he followed the tradition of leaving his ...
Joe Biden’s flatterers compare him to George Washington. That’s ridiculous.
Even before the election, Time magazine proclaimed that Biden would be “a modern FDR ... as a great president” and “mentioned ...
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Inauguration history: What happened on the day George Washington became president in 1789
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 ...