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A Celebration to Remember
On April 16, 1789, George Washington began an unforgettable journey from Mount Vernon to New York to be sworn in as president. In each city, town, and hamlet along the way, church bells clanged, women threw flowers, and throngs cheered his arrival.
Yet nothing compared to the last leg of the trip when Washington boarded a decorated barge to cross the Hudson River to the nation's temporary capital. Hundreds of ships followed. Cannons thundered. Choirs sang. Flags waved. And all of New York turned out to welcome America's hero. |