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

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European ...

George Washington’s 1789 inauguration suit coat is now on display at Mount Vernon. Our first President was intentional with ...

Rarely on display because it’s so fragile, Mount Vernon is hosting a special public viewing of President George Washington’s historic inaugural coat, along with an opportunity to interact with ...

Inaugural addresses that newly minted presidents have given over the past 250 years have aimed to do several key things, ...

Forty years after Washinton’s farewell and two decades before the Civil War, President Andrew Jackson offered his own ...

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 ...

Presidential scholars say it's not worth it for Bush to get involved in public spats with Trump and say it will only hurt him ...

The U.S. Constitution specifies not only the date of presidential inaugurations, but the exact time the transition of power ...

Every president since Ronald Reagan has left a note for his successor, and President Joe Biden could be the first to write a ...

George Washington sought oaths of loyalty ... president takes an oath written into the Constitution. A first draft had the incoming president swear simply to “faithfully execute the office ...