Excerpt from The Centennial Celebration of the Inaugural of George Washington as First President of the United States, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, April 29th, 30th, and May 1st, 1889: Official Programme With Historical Sketches Condensed by the author from the initial article in the illustrated series on the Inauguration Centennial in the Century Magazine f or April. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Programme of the Centennial Celebration of George Washington as President of the United States: In New York, Monday, April 29th, Tuesday, April 30th, Wednesday, May 1st, 1889 Backward rolls the tide of events through the bitter and bloody struggle for independence until, amid palms and plaudits, with the Victor's crown upon his brow, George Washington was chosen President of the States, and took the oath of office on the balcony of old Federal Hall just one hundred years ago. Since then the march of progress, though marked by the casual ties of a civil war which drained the life-blood from hundreds of thousands of noble citizens, has yet been onward and upward to the heights upon which we stand today, supreme amid the nations, God-fearing, and self-sustained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.