George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789 ... second time. Washington arrived at Federal Hall, where Congress then met, around 1 p.m. About an hour later, incoming Vice President John Adams led ...

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural ... Association Ms. Lee added that Mr. Washington and other founding fathers, such as John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, “took a great amount ...

Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg launched ‘The Facebook,’ a social media platform, which would go on to become the world’s ...

The country's first and second presidents, George Washington and John Adams, were sworn in in New ... in at New York City's Federal Hall in April 1789, by a state official, Robert Livingston.

This year, Inauguration Day falls on Monday, Jan. 20. In honor of the day, you’ll find a collection of stirring Inauguration ...

This list includes George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson ... which would later be addressed by the Constitution in 1789. It was at this time that the seven prominent Founding Fathers ...

George Washington is the only president to have been inaugurated in two capital cities: New York City's Federal Hall in 1789 and Congress Hall in Philadelphia ... presidents during their inauguration.