the U.S. Department of the Interior issued an order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the American Gulf. It also restored the name Mount McKinley to Denali, the highest peak in the United States ...

George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

Inside it, National Park Ranger Ryan Ventura says is the actual stone where George Washington stood to take the oath of office to become president of the United States back on April 30 ...

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 ...