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  • #854 1939 3c Inauguration of Washington Sesquicentennial
    April 30, 2026

    America’s First Presidential Inauguration
    On April 30, 1789, George Washington was inaugurated as America’s first president. The ceremony in New York City marked the formal beginning of the new federal government created by the Constitution and placed the Revolutionary War hero at the head of a nation still finding its footing.
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