But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else. He gave a speech. Every president since has followed his example and delivered an inaugural address as part of the ...

Here are eight early claims from his speech. Early in his speech, Trump compared himself to George Washington, the first person to hold the office of the President of the United States.

When Donald Trump addresses the nation during his inauguration, he will continue a tradition that started with George Washington's speech 220 years ago. Read through the inauguration addresses ...

None other than George Washington delivered the first such speech in 1790. Since then, however, the injunction has been interpreted in various ways. Some presidents, especially in the 19th century ...

‘General George Washington Resigning His Commission ... Here, and in other correspondences and speeches, Washington clearly holds that God had a hand in supplying the American project ...