"I wonder, is it George Washington next week?" he asked journalists at Trump Tower. "And is it Thomas Jefferson the week after?" Let's put aside for a moment the irony that Lee may well have ...

George Washington purchased foodstuffs from not ... not the only plantation owner to resort to such drastic measures; Thomas Jefferson, on at least one occasion, ordered the destruction of all ...

During this time, he was cautious of the counsel offered by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson (supporter of the French) and that by the Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton (supporter of the ...

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

The only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on ...

Mount Rushmore features massive 60-foot-tall busts of celebrated presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, each chosen for their respective roles in ...

Thomas Jefferson was a contradictory character ... In 1789, President George Washington asked Jefferson to be his Secretary of State. Within weeks, the French revolution erupted, dividing ...

Though modern job approval metrics were a bit lacking during the late 1790s, historians have for decades considered George Washington ... Delano Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson and Lincoln.

1789 — A presidential inauguration has taken place every four years since George Washington took the oath of office in New York City in 1789. He established the tradition for a two term limit and ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — There have been eight U.S. Presidents from Virginia, the most out of all 50 states. Four out of the ...

When Donald Trump assumes office on Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States, he will mark the solemn occasion with ...