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Federal Hall, New York City, site of George Washington's first inauguration, April 30, 1789. Since nearly first light on April 30, 1789, a crowd of people had begun to gather around Washington's home, and at noon they made their way to Federal Hall by way of Queen Street and Great Dock (both now Pearl Street) and Broad Street. [7]
Federal Hall is a memorial and historic site at 26 Wall Street in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City.The current Greek Revival–style building, completed in 1842 as the Custom House, is owned by the United States federal government and operated by the National Park Service as a national memorial called the Federal Hall National Memorial.
The first inauguration, that of George Washington, took place on April 30, 1789. [citation needed] All subsequent (regular) inaugurations from 1793 until 1933 were held on March 4, the day of the year on which the federal government began operations under the U.S. Constitution in 1789.
The Inauguration of George Washington, 1789. Upon hearing the news, Washington traveled from his home in Mount Vernon, Virginia, to New York City to be sworn in as president. His Inauguration Day ...
U.S. President George W. Bush reacts during the inaugural parade in Washington, January 20, 2005. President Bush was sworn into his second term of office earlier in the day. First lady Laura Bush ...
The Washington Square Arch, officially the Washington Arch, [1] is a marble memorial arch in Washington Square Park, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. Designed by architect Stanford White in 1891, [ 2 ] it commemorates the centennial of George Washington's 1789 inauguration as President of the United ...
The statue was unveiled in 1883 to commemorate the first inauguration of George Washington.In 1789, Federal Hall, which served as the capitol building of the United States, stood on the Lower Manhattan site, and Washington took the oath of office on the balcony of that building, approximately where the statue now stands.
George Washington, along with members of the United States Congress, worshipped at St. Paul's Chapel on his Inauguration Day, April 30, 1789. [9] Washington also attended services at St. Paul's during the two years New York City was the country's capital.