On April 30, 1789, George Washington delivered his first inaugural address to a joint session of Congress, assembled in Federal Hall in the nation’s new capital, New York City. The newly-elected ...

A 246-year-old piece of national history came to Waco for the first time Thursday morning — the Bible used to swear President George Washington into office. The Bible was brought to Tennyson Middle ...

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A unique piece of American history was on display in Little Rock this weekend. George Washington's inaugural Bible arrived at the Historic Arkansas Museum Friday. The Bible is part of the museum's ...

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, who had moved ...