Before there was a United States of America, officials in the American colonies swore an oath of allegiance to the King of England. Leading up to George Washington’s first inauguration in 1789, ...

On April 30, 1789, the United States' first president George Washington placed his hand upon a bible and publicly swore an oath. He then delivered an inaugural address to Congress. The U.S ...

Note that the oath is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. The oath is not to the president. In his second inaugural address, George Washington addressed the honor he felt ...

Some presidents did not use a Bible to take the oath of office, including Theodore Roosevelt, who did not use anything when ...

President Donald Trump took his oath of office on his inauguration, becoming the 47th president of the United States ... a president can take office. George Washington took his oath with his ...

Those four little words are not in the Constitution, but for many Americans, the phrase has been a part of the oath ever since George Washington ... Pledge of Allegiance (United States Government ...

WASHINGTON — On January 20, Donald Trump will take the oath of ... of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that ...

Back in 2017, Trump was sworn in using the Bible used by the first US President, George Washington ... many other heads of state but in in the United States it dates back to the very beginnings ...