Ronald Reagan probably didn’t realize he was starting a tradition when he wrote a note congratulating his successor and left ...

Over the past nine decades, only three U.S. presidents have issued executive orders on their first day in office. On the ...

The worst weather for an inaugural came in March 1909, when 10 inches of snow forced William H. Taft to move indoors to be ...

Reagan’s inauguration was the first to be held on the west terrace of the U.S. Capitol, a vantage that planners selected both ...

This lesson features several notable examples of historic presidential farewell addresses. The lesson opens with an introductory video clip in which author Andrew Carroll talks about the power and ...

President Biden announced the names of new Navy aircraft carriers: the USS William J. Clinton and the USS George W. Bush, ...

President Joe Biden announced that the next two aircraft carriers will be named after former Presidents Bill Clinton and ...

Biden announced the two U.S. Navy Gerald R. Ford-class carriers will be named after Presidents Bill Clinton and George W.

Two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, to be constructed "in the years ahead," will carry the names of former President Bill ...