The first inauguration of George Washington as the first president of the United States was held on Thursday, April 30, 1789, on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City. The inauguration …

On April 23, 1789, president-elect George Washington was escorted by a joint congressional committee onto a specially-prepared barge for the trip to New York City. The vessel, with a …

Since 1789 there have been 60 inaugural ceremonies to mark the commencement of a new four-year term of a president of the United States, and an additional nine marking the start of a …

Jan 20, 2025 · George Washington held the first presidential inauguration in U.S. history at Federal Hall in New York City on April 30, 1789.

George Washington's inauguration ceremony in New York City was a grand historical event, attended by hundreds. A military salute is fired by artillery at nearby Fort George. Throughout …

Creating Washington's inaugural suit was a race against time before his departure for New York City. Learn more about the American-made suit and its modern recreation at Mount Vernon.

The First Inauguration. It was in New York City, out nation's first capital, that George Washington became the first President of the United States.

Jul 1, 2019 · On the wall beside the pew hung a painting of one of the earliest known representations of the Great Seal of the United States, commissioned by Trinity's Vestry in …

Inauguration of Washington as First President 1789 For a brief period following the Ratification of the Federal Constitution in 1788, New York City served as the capital of the newly formed …

Inauguration Day began with the sounds of ceremonial artillery and church bells ringing across New York City, our nation's first capital. At noon Washington made his way through large …