The first inauguration of George Washington as the first president of the United States was held on Thursday, April 30, 1789, on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City.

On April 23, 1789, president-elect George Washington was escorted by a joint congressional committee onto a specially-prepared barge for the trip to New York City. The vessel, with a keel of 47 feet, sported a mast and sail festooned with red curtains, an awning and 13 oars on both sides.

Prior inaugurations were held, first at Federal Hall in New York City (1789), [ 6 ] and then at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1793 and 1797). Each city was, at the time, the nation's capital.

Jan 18, 2025 · Washington, D.C., wasn't established as the nation's capital until 1790 — the year after Washington became the nation's first president. Instead, Washington's inauguration was held in New...

Jan 20, 2025 · George Washington held the first presidential inauguration in U.S. history at Federal Hall in New York City on April 30, 1789.

1789 For a brief period following the Ratification of the Federal Constitution in 1788, New York City served as the capital of the newly formed United States. The seat of government was the old Federal Hall on Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, home to the inauguration of George Washington as the nation’s first president on April 30, 1789.

George Washington's inauguration ceremony in New York City was a grand historical event, attended by hundreds. A military salute is fired by artillery at nearby Fort George. Throughout …

Creating Washington's inaugural suit was a race against time before his departure for New York City. Learn more about the American-made suit and its modern recreation at Mount Vernon.

Jan 20, 2025 · NEW YORK — Black political and religious leaders criticized Mayor Eric Adams’ decision to skip local Martin Luther King Jr. Day events Monday in favor of attending the presidential...

Jan 18, 2021 · Chester Arthur's inauguration is one of only two ever in New York City. The other may have been a bit more memorable. It was the first one. George Washington, at Old Federal Hall near Wall...