Day Tripping: February 4

Adjusting to new worlds

Welcome to my daily feature where each day on the calendar marks a part of our shared history.

By Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives. — [1] The source web page include the following caption: Photo #: USA C-543 (Color), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52377

Presidential First

In 1789, George Washington was elected as first President of the United States by a unanimous vote of the electoral college. It would also be the last time a President was given an uncontested mandate. The…