On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since ...

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 ...

That's the fewest of any chief executive since George ... compared to modern-day sentences, USA TODAY reported. That's the largest number of commuted sentences issued by a president.

With Trump's presidential inauguration just around the corner, review the history and meaning of Inauguration Day.

The first, Grover Cleveland, is descended from a man who was reputedly kidnapped from the Channel Islands of Guernsey as a ...

When George Washington traveled from his home in Mount Vernon, Virginia, local predecessors to the modern-day National Guard ... in presidential inaugurations, President Abraham Lincoln received ...

George Washington. This year, it falls on Feb. 17. Government agencies, federal workers and most public schools are typically off for Presidents' Day. However, most private-sector employees will ...