One function of these addresses is to bring the country together. As one political scientist put it, they brim with 'verbal ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20 will mark the 60th presidential swearing-in ceremony in United ...

FOX 13's Evan Axelbank reports on the history of presidential pardons, from George Washington at the nation's inception to ...

"This Voyager spacecraft was constructed by the United States of America. We are a community of 240 million human beings ...

A gorgeous six-bedroom, seven-and-a-half-bathroom Edgewater Park, New Jersey mansion with a genuine George Washington tie ...

Thomas Jefferson’s inauguration on March 4, 1801, marked the first time a president was sworn in at the newly established ...

The inauguration of the president hasn't always happened in Washington — or in January. Here's how inaugurations have changed ...

It also serves as a time to reflect on the fascinating history and unique stories of leaders like Jimmy Carter, George Bush, Joe Biden and, of course, Washington himself. George Washington’s ...

Then came the comparisons of Biden to one of the most celebrated figures in American history, George Washington, who refused a third term as president in 1796. Actor George Clooney, who penned a ...

George W. Bush's unlikely friendship with the Obamas once again on display on Jan. 9, when the Republican gave Barack Obama a ...

But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else ... to setting forth political principles. The political history collections at the National Museum of American ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...