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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.73,0:00:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,George Washington's\Ninauguration took place on April 30, 1789
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.97,0:00:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Federal Hall in New York City.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.55,0:00:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the first man to take the oath of\Noffice,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.57,0:00:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Washington added the words, \N"So help me God,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.99,0:00:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,establishing the very first Presidential\Nprecedent.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.25,0:00:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So help me God."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.55,0:00:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So help me God."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.73,0:00:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- "So help me..."\N- "...help me God."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.37,0:00:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So help me God."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.81,0:00:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were many questions about\Nthis new job, this "President" person.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.21,0:00:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People wondered, "What do you say?"\NHow do you describe
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.04,0:00:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this person, this man, who was going to\Nhead the United States of America?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.75,0:00:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[crowd cheering]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.28,0:00:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[William H. Fowler, Jr.] But think for a\Nmoment what it would be like in our own
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.11,0:00:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time if the sergeant-at-arms had to\Nintroduce the President today as
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.37,0:00:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"His Mightiness."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.88,0:00:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"His Excellency."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.25,0:00:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"His High Mightiness."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.83,0:00:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The President of the United States and \NDefender of Our Liberties."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.07,0:00:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That, in fact, was one of the titles\Nsuggested for the president.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.74,0:01:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he said, "No, no,\Nno, call me 'Mr. President.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.27,0:01:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hmm, I mean, that's a nice gesture.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.34,0:01:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't mean much,\Nbut it's a nice gesture.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.02,0:01:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[narrator] It was all part of establishing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.47,0:01:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the image of the presidency.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.81,0:01:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One example is how Washington projected\Nhis physical being.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.02,0:01:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[James C. Rees] George Washington was\Nthe most athletic, the most robust, the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.02,0:01:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most dynamic of all the founding fathers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.57,0:01:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was the action hero, if you will,\Nof the 18th Century,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.17,0:01:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was considered by Jefferson the best\Nhorseback rider the entire period.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.03,0:01:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[narrator] Washington usually rode a\Nwhite horse named Nelson.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.03,0:01:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Nelson became a vital part of \NWashington's public relations package;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.21,0:01:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his version of a tailhook landing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.89,0:01:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Rees] When he would visit towns\Nduring the presidency, sometimes he
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.92,0:01:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would travel comfort of the carriage\Nmost the distance between towns.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.43,0:02:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, in many cases, he would hop out of\Nthat carriage and get onto Nelson
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.10,0:02:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ride into town looking like that\Nwar hero, that "man among men,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.55,0:02:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking like someone who could lead\Nanyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.98,0:02:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Carol Berkin] Washington understood\Nvery clearly that everything he did as the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.05,0:02:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first President of the United States\Nwould be watched by nations abroad
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.56,0:02:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by people at home and would set a\Nprecedent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.07,0:02:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the main precedent,\Nthe one that he's known the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.55,0:02:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most for, is that he left.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.60,0:02:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Richard Brookhiser] He decides at the\Nend of his second term that he wants to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.28,0:02:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,step down.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.06,0:02:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Partly, I think he's feeling\Nthe approach of age.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.50,0:02:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's in his mid-60s.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.84,0:02:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think he also wants to teach the country\Na lesson on the passing on of power.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.02,0:02:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Fowler] Grace is in knowing\Nwhen to leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.49,0:03:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Washington left after two terms.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.05,0:03:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that was his finest moment.