Archive for January 20th, 2009
George Washington’s first inaugural address, 30 April 1789
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009The Library of Congress Manuscripts Division has a selection of digitised documents relating to American history. Among these is the first ever inagural address delivered by an American president. You can see it here: Washington’s First Inaugural Address. The Library describes this document thus: George Washington (1732-1799) delivered his first inaugural address to a joint [...]