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Inauguration history: What happened on the day George Washington became president in 1789
President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20 will mark the 60th presidential swearing-in ceremony in United ...
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President George Washington: Calm, Cool, and Collected Commander in Chief
That famous description of George Washington by his friend and fellow ... Photograph by Chicago History Museum/Bridgeman/ACI His men came to revere him for his courage, calm, determination ...
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George Washington, 1732–1799
Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...
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Inauguration history: What happened on the day George Washington became president in 1789
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 ...