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 ...

The first president realized that working with Congress – not alone or against it – was the best way to actually create an ...

Mount Vernon Chief Curator Adam Erby talked about the suit coat that George Washington wore in 1789 for his first inauguration. He explained why Washington chose an American manufacturer to create ...

Washington wrote, was “a government of accommodation as well as a government of laws.” As head of the executive branch, his own powers were limited. In the months since the inauguration ...

It was here, on April 30, 1789, that George Washington took the oath of office, marking the first-ever presidential inauguration in U.S. history. A commemorative marker at the site honors this ...