Since George Washington’s first inaugural address, US presidents have used the occasion to inspire and share their vision for the country’s future. But one president went far beyond the norm, delivering a speech that left supporters standing in freezing weather for over an hour and a half.
(NEXSTAR) – Since the very first inaugural address delivered by George Washington ... the cold for over an hour and a half while he did so. On March 4, 1841, William Henry Harrison delivered what is the longest inaugural address in United States history ...
The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts (WCMFA) in Hagerstown, MD, announces an extensive and significant donation of artworks and material related to the late 19th century American Painter-Etcher Movement.
Every president has mentioned God in one way or another in Inaugural Addresses, including President Trump on Monday
AJ columnist Rogelio Medina on the way to Narita, Japan onboard Japan Airlines. THANKS to the nice and courteous service from Japan Airlines, I was well taken care of
His was, no doubt, the most accomplished presidency in the 64 years between George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s. And where Washington and Lincoln had arrived at moments freighted with destiny and danger, Polk achieved all he did not in response to a crisis, but by his own stubborn determination.
Donald J. Trump made history on Jan. 20 when he became the first convicted felon to take the presidential oath of office. Speaking from the Capitol in Washington—the same building that was infamously attacked by a howling mob of his supporters on Jan.
President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive actions on his first day in office, including two that could impact the IRS—and your tax refund.
Within hours of his inauguration, Trump had rescinded 78 of former President Joe Biden's executive actions and signed dozens of his own. Some took effect quickly, like his pardon of some 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants that saw at least two people released from D.
In 1992, Congress nullified President George H.W. Bush's executive order establishing ... All but one president — William Henry Harrison, who died a month into his term — issued executive orders, though the format and process have changed over the ...
It appears that US President Donald Trump followed the advice of his aides not to give his inaugural speech on Monday — a day that weather forecasters had predicted would bring subfreezing temperatures and frigid winds — at the West Front of the Capitol,
Executive orders like the ones Donald Trump signed en masse on Inauguration Day don't change laws, columnist Ron Faucheux writes. But they do allow presidents to quickly make their mark on government.