George Washington was sworn in as the first U. S. President at an inauguration ceremony on April 30, 1789, held on the steps of Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street, a block east of what is now the  New ...

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The Marine Band, having played at nearly every presidential swearing-in ceremony since Thomas Jefferson's in 1801, readies for Barack Obama's inauguration (Meredith Bragg). Read more at http ...

A composite photograph of President Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration captures the entire historic day, from President Donald Trump’s morning departure in Marine One to the evening's memorial ...

Different religious delegations arrive for Pope Leo XIV's formal inauguration of his pontificate with a Mass in St. Peter's Square attended by heads of state, royalty and ordinary faithful ...

Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration ceremony took place in Vatican City earlier today. Many were in attendance, and as tradition goes — when a person is in the presence of a pope, they dress in black ...

Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, among other political and religious leaders, attended Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass in Vatican City. Photo: Gregorio Borgia ...

On Sunday, Vance led a U.S. delegation at the inaugural Mass of the first U.S.-born pope, Leo XIV. Both pontiffs — Francis during his papacy, Leo in his prior service as Cardinal Robert Francis ...

Leo XIV, the first ever American pope, condemned the exploitation of the poor and called for unity in the church during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square, an event attended by world ...

The inauguration mass for the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church took place in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, May 18 Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at PEOPLE.