Crowds cheering, trumpets sounding, and cannons firing Follow along as George Washington journeys from Virginia to his inauguration in New York City.
At every stop on George Washington\'s route, people were determined to celebrate their very first.
So began Washington\'s week-long trip from his home in Virginia to New York City, where he would be inaugurated.
Every vote was for Washington.
Congress chose the first president.
After the Revolutionary War, the newly formed U.
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Crowds cheering, trumpets sounding, and cannons firing Follow along as George Washington journeys from Virginia to his inauguration in New York City