The only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else. He ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20 will mark the 60th presidential swearing-in ceremony in United ...

Trump's clemency for Jan. 6 rioters and Biden's reprieve for family represent merely the latest chapters in an odd history of ...

From the time Mount Vernon was built to today, the estate has witnessed countless moments in history, from George Washington’s inauguration in 1789 to the effects of World War II. The mansion at ...

"This Voyager spacecraft was constructed by the United States of America. We are a community of 240 million human beings ...

With Trump's presidential inauguration just around the corner, review the history and meaning of Inauguration Day.

The inauguration of the president hasn't always happened in Washington — or in January. Here's how inaugurations have changed ...

Then came the comparisons of Biden to one of the most celebrated figures in American history, George Washington, who refused a third term as president in 1796. Actor George Clooney, who penned a ...

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 ...