There, the swearing in of George Washington. Well, good morning, welcome to mount vernon. Behind me you see George Washington, the first president , being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. This would have been in 1789, in april. How well were the duties and the powers of the office that he was about to step into, how well were they defined at that moment when he was sworn in . They werent defined at all. The presidency was a brand new institution. There had never been anything like it, certainly in america, and really in the world. It was a new experiment of an elected magistrate who would, at one point, be the head of state like a king, but at the same time also be the sort of chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in this case, the chief policymaker. It wasnt exactly clear where the powers of the legislature and where the powers of the president would be defined. So washington really created that office. Many of the precedents, many of the things that we come to
Us from mt. Vernons museum and Education Center to talk about George Washington and the presidency. Ny the ground of George Washingtons historic mt. Vernon, from the education and museum center, by doug bradburn, the president and ceo of George Washingtons mt. Vernon on this president s day. First, sir, explain the shoulder there, the swearing in of George Washington. You see the first president being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. This would have been in 1789 in april. How well were the duties and the powers of the office that he was about to step into . How well were they defined at that moment when he was sworn in . They werent defined at all. The presidency was a brand new institution. There had never been anything like it, certainly in america and really in the world. It was a new experiment of an elected magistrate who would, at one point, be the head of state, like a king. But at the same time also be sort of the chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in
This president s day. First sir explain the significance of the moment that is portrayed over your shoulder there. The swearing in of George Washington. Good morning, welcome to might vernon. Behind you see George Washington. The first president being sworn in at federal hall, in new york city. It was 70 89, in april. How well where the duties and power of the office, that he was about to step into, how well were they defined in the moment when he was about to step in. They werent defined at all. The presidency was a brandnew institution. There had been nothing like it certainly in america, are really in the world, it was a new experiment of elected magistrate who at one point would be the head of state, like a king, but at the same time also sort of be the chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in this case. The chief policy maker. It wasnt exactly clear where the powers of the legislature and the powers of the president would be defined. So washington really created that
President s day. First, sir, explain the significance of that moment thats portrayed over your shoulder there, the swearing in of George Washington. You see the first president being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. This would have been in 1789 in april. How well were the duties and the powers of the office that he was about to step into . How well were they defined at that moment when he was sworn in . They werent defined at all. There was nothing like it in america and really in the world. It was a new experiment of an elected magistrate who would at one point be the head of state like a king but at the same time also sort of the chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in this case, the chief policymaker. And it wasnt exactly clear where the powers of the legislature and where the powers of the president would be defined. Washington created that office and many of the precedents, many of the things we come to think of as president ial really come down from his ex
Hard to imagine we could be a country without washingtons battlefield heroics. If you want to understand military history, look at washingtons campaign in new jersey and the hudson river, et cetera, its quite remarkable. Washington journal continues. From the ground of George Washingtons historic mt. Vernon, were joined now at the education and Museum Center there by doug bradburn, the president and ceo of George Washingtons mt. Vernon on this president s day. First, sir, explain the significance of that moment thats portrayed over your shoulder there, the swearingin of George Washington. Well, good morning, welcome to mt. Vernon. Behind me you see George Washington, the first president , being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. This would have been in 1789 in april. How well were the duties and the powers of the office that he was about to step into, how well were they defined at that moment when he was sworn in . Well, they werent defined at all. The presidency was a brand ne