The Inauguration of Washington as First President of the United States, April 30th 1789 – At the Old City Hall, New York – The oath of office was administered by Chancellor Livingston of the States of New York – Mr. Otis the Secretary of the Senate holding up the Bible on a crimson cushion.

The First Meeting of Washington and Lafayette—Philadelphia, August 3rd, 1777

Currier & Ives, George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette

The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

Waterman Lilly Ormsby, After John Trumbull, Cole & Co., Brooklyn, New York

Signing the Declaration of Independence

Asher Brown Durand

"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!–Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the Rights of the Colonies, before the Virginia Assembly, convened at Richmond, March 23rd, 1775. Concluding with the above sentiment, which became the war cry of the Revolution"

Currier & Ives

Washington and His Generals with Key

Alexander Hay Ritchie

Patrick Henry Delivering His Celebrated Speech in the House of Burgesses, Virginia

Alfred Jones

Sketch of the Interior of St. Stephens, As it Now Stands

James Gillray

The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

Asher Brown Durand, After John Trumbull

Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia Assembly

Unknown artist

Napoleon in the Chamber of Deputies, from the Political and Military Life of Napoleon

Charles Étienne Pierre Motte

The Freedom of Election

Isaac Robert Cruikshank

Washington Taking Leave of the Officers of His Army–at Francis's Tavern, Broad Street, New York, December 4th, 1783–"With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable."

Lithographed and Published by Nathaniel Currier, George Washington