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A look inside Wall Street's Federal Hall, the site of George Washington's inauguration
Walk into Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan ... The first presidential inauguration of George Washington was a very exciting day in New York City. "George Washington was staying at his home in ...
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A Simple Brown Coat That Set the Tone for the U.S. Presidency
mid-thigh-length brown coat George Washington wore to his inauguration as the nation’s first president on April 30, 1789, at Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan. (At the time, New York was the ...
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How you can see what George Washington wore during his first inauguration
in front of George Washington’s inaugural coat. (WTOP/Alan Etter) Washington delivered his first inauguration speech on April 30, 1789, at Federal Hall in New York City. He wore the custom coat ...
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Inauguration history: What happened on the day George Washington became president in 1789
On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn ... take his oath of office for the second time. Washington arrived at Federal Hall, where Congress then met, around 1 p.m. About ...