you chose to be with us. i would like to acknowledge some very important people who are with us this evening. matt s parents, tim and debbie costello, and his wife. sophia and theodore are at home. wonderful kids. i would like to also welcome are members of the board of directors who are with us. ann stock. [applause] and bob mcgee. [applause] and two are en route, anita mcbride and gail west. both will be with us tonight. steve strong is the national cochair of our white house, national council on white house history. he and his wife andrea are here with us tonight. this is one of our most important groups here at the white house historical association. their support, their encouragement, their inspiration and their wisdom really puts the wind in the sales of so much of what we do. we are grateful to have you with us here tonight, steve. the program tonight, dr. matt costello, is going to share with us about his brand-new book hot off the presses. this is the first time we a
the association. i would like to welcome our friends who are joining us by c-span and those who are here with us tonight who are the really smart people in washington because you have chosen to be here above the national baseball game and above the televised presidential debate tonight so we think that we ve got the best thing going and we are glad that you chose to be with us tonight. i would like to acknowledge some very important people. who are with us this evening. mats appearance, tim and debbie costello who are here with us tonight. and his wife christian, who is here. tonight and of course in my book the two most important costello s or sofia and theodore and they are at home, i guess. they can come next time they are mad and christians wonderful little kids. i d also like to welcome the members of our board of directors who are with us tonight. we have and stop, let s give and a hand. (applause) and bob mcgee. (applause) and we have two that are in route anita mcbr
first president being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. that would have been in 1789, in april. how well where the duties and office that he was about to step into, how well where they defined at this moment when he was sworn in? they weren t defined at all. there was a brañd-new institution, certainly in america and really in the world, it s a new experiment of an elected magistrate that would have at one point been the head of state, like a king, but also be the chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in this case, the chief policy maker. and it wasn t exactly clear where the powers of the of the legislature and where thedefine. powers of the president would be defined. and so washington really created that office. reallmany of the precedents, mf the things that we come to think of as presidential really come downwn from his example in the office. he took the oath, what were his views at the time about expanding or restricting the power of the off
washington, we re joined by the education and reason to give their, the president and ceo of george washington s not vernon on this presidents day. first, sir, explain the significance of that moment that is portrayed over your shoulder there, the swearing in of george washington. well, good morning, welcome to non vernon. behind me you see george washington, the first president being sworn in and it would have been in 1789, in april. how well where the duties and the powers of the office that he was about to step into, how well were we defined at this moment when they were sworn in? well they weren t defined at all, the presidency was a brand-new institution, or have never been anything like, it certainly in america and really in the world, that was the new experiment of an elected magistrate that would have, at one point, with the head of state, like a king, but at the same time also be the chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in this case, the chief pol
above the televised presidential debate tonight. so we think we ve got the best thing going here and we re glad you chose to be with us tonight. i d like to acknowledge some very important people who are with us this evening. matt s parents tim and debbie costello, who are here with us tonight and his wife kristin, who is here tonight. and, of course, in my book the two most important costellos are sophia and theodore and they re at home, i guess. they can come next time. they re matt and kristin s wonderful little kids. i would also like to welcome the members of our board of directors who are with us tonight. we have ann stock and let s give ann a hand. yes. and bob mcgee. [ applause ] and we have two that are in route, anita mcbride and gail west. both will be a little bit late but will be with us here tonight. steve strong is the national co-chair of our white house our national council of white house history, which he and his wife andrea are here with us tonight. this