George Washington was sworn in as the first U. S. President at an inauguration ceremony on April 30, 1789, held on the steps of Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street, a block east of what is now the New York ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Historian and National Review Senior Editor Richard Brookhiser discussed what he's learned from studying the lives of America's founders, including ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Author Jeffrey Rosen joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the ...

Sketch, George Washington with Jefferson and Hamilton by Constantino Brumidi, 1872 ca. (Courtesy of the U.S. Senate Collection) “While I am a Jeffersonian in my genuine faith in democracy and popular ...

Coming of age. "To make a more universal acquaintance": unhappy youths -- The American revolution. "The galling yoke of dependence": becoming rebels -- "Is my country ...