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Inauguration history: What happened on the day George Washington became president in 1789
President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20 will mark the 60th presidential swearing-in ceremony in United ...
The portrait of George Washington at Princeton, an American national 'treasure' restored at Versailles
The Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France has been commissioned to restore the 1779 painting from the ...
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How a really bad winter delayed George Washington’s Inauguration Day by over a month
In doing so, they unanimously elected George Washington to be the first U.S. president. Upon hearing the news, Washington ...
U.S. presidents who weren't inaugurated outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only ...
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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 ...