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Inauguration Day: George Washington’s 1789 Oath of Office

January 20, 2021
Library of Congress Blog

[loc-video-player id=”B948FA6E7BC88464E053CAE7938C171A” size=”mediumWide”] Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, uses George Washington’s 1789 copy of “Acts Passed at the First Congress of the United States of America,” which includes the U.S. Constitution, to tell a short story on how the presidential oath of office has been unchanged since the founding of the nation. It’s the […]

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  • Inauguration Day: George Washington’s 1789 Oath of Office

    from: Library of Congress Blog
    January 20, 2021

  • Join Us for a Webinar – How to Conduct Research in the U.S. Serial Set Online

    from: In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress
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    from: Headlines and Heroes
    January 19, 2021

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    January 5, 2021

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