The Navy will name two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

Monday’s change of Oval Office occupants is a ritual full of traditions and customs. One of the more modern ones began in 1989, when Ronald Reagan left a note for George H.W. Bush on stationery with a whimsical bit of advice.

The true test of leadership is not in the position, but in the impact you have on others.” — John Quincy Adams Related: Abraham Lincoln's Most Memorable Quotes 26. “America is a tune. It must be sung together.

Today' host Jenna Bush Hager spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about her latest endeavor: her own book imprint called Thousand Voices Books.

Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists David Brooks, Ross Douthat and Michelle Goldberg about Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Monday and the first 100 days of the new Trump administration.

Presidential inaugurations are by definition historic acts, but when we think of past Inauguration Days there is clearly a hierarchy of historical pop.

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George W. Bush in 2001 united his listeners ... debt “is incompatible with the ends for which our republican Government was instituted.” Herbert Hoover said that the policies he listed in his 1929 address would be tested against the “ideals and ...

Almost every presidential administration has had some controversy, and some of those elected to the White House brought their own personal baggage with them sometimes with detrimental effects. But very few presidents entered office with such an array of combined military and federal government experience as George Herbert Walker Bush when he was elected in 1989.

The worst weather for an inaugural came in March 1909, when 10 inches of snow forced William H. Taft to move indoors to be sworn in.

The U.S. has a long tradition of defeated presidential candidates sharing the inauguration stage with the people who defeated them, projecting to the world the orderly transfer of power. It's a practice that Vice President Kamala Harris will resume on Jan. 20 after an eight-year hiatus.

The National Constitution Center is the source of lots of great information, including facts about American presidents.