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courtesy of the National Archives & Records Administration |
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APRIL 30 |
| 1789 George Washington, the nation's first president, takes his oath of office and delivers his first inaugural address to a joint session of Congress, assembled in Federal Hall in the nation's new capital, New York City. Today, the site is preserved as Federal Hall National Memorial, a unit of the National Park Service. |
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