George Washington delivered his first inaugural address before a joint session of Congress in New York City’s Federal Hall on April 30, 1789. Washington, stepping into the newly created role of ...
Garfield had a short tenure as U.S. President, but it started with a ball at the Smithsonian's newest building.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992. Scheinman, Muriel, "Art Collecting at the University of Illinois: A History and Catalogue," Ph.D. diss, University of Illinois, 1981, pg. 133-138. One of ...
A rare presidential artifact long held in private hands is now on public view in Indiana – at least for the summer. The original, signed reading copy of President Benjamin Harrison’s 1889 inaugural ...