At U.S. presidential inaugurations, prayers often reflect national identity as much as faith. From New York Cardinal Timothy ...

George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

More than 3,500 miles from the Capitol, Selby Abbey is home to the Washington Window, one of the one of the oldest surviving ...

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 ...

According to records, supported by the George Washington Presidential Library, the Washington D.C. flag is based ... course became the first president of the United States'." ...

Despite other states ... the flag in times of mourning and remembrance, and the first known instance of lowering the flag came in 1799, following the death of George Washington. President ...

An American flag pin appears on his lapel ... tradition that date back to the first president of the United States. Since George Washington's last year in office in 1797, the portraits were ...

For a limited time, George Washington ... s first president on April 30, 1789, at Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan. (At the time, New York was the capital of the United States.) ...