Mount Vernon Chief Curator Adam Erby talked about the suit coat that George Washington wore in 1789 for his first inauguration. He explained why Washington chose an American manufacturer to create the piece and the political messages he intended to send. When was George Washington sworn in as the country's first president? Where did this occur?

After taking measurements of the 200-year-old suit, Philip De Paola assembled a mock-up, or toile, in muslin and then practiced hand-sewing a brown wool suit in preparation for crafting the replica in custom burgundy fabric.

When George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States in 1789 in New York, William Maclay, one of the founders of Sunbury, took part in the

President's Day falls on the third Monday of March to honor the birthday of the first US President, George Washington. This year, it falls on Feb. 17.