More than 3,500 miles from the Capitol, Selby Abbey is home to the Washington Window, one of the one of the oldest surviving ...
President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only ...
Which president had the longest inaugural address? Which has been sworn in the most? Which ended the ceremony’s top-hat ...
A combination of harsh weather and delay in individual states choosing electors pushed the inauguration to April 30, 1789. At ...
From historic Bibles to the leading role of the country's chief justice, Inauguration Day has been filled with traditions.
As millions watched President Donald Trump’s inauguration at the White House on Monday, Jan. 20, many noticed that he did not ...
George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the ... The Lincoln Bible, which is stored at the Library of ...
Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.
For decades, Americans have gathered at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. to watch the inauguration of the incoming president, with some noteworthy exceptions.
Donald Trump will be only the second U.S. president after Grover Cleveland to serve two nonconsecutive terms after he takes ...
Reagan’s inauguration was the first to be held on the west terrace of the U.S. Capitol, a vantage that planners selected both ...