- ID: 11220
- DATE: 2008-01-08
- TYPE: SPOTLIGHT
- TITLE: State of the Union address
- DESCRIPTION: The first US president gave his first State of the Union address on this date in 1790. George Washington had been inaugurated the previous April, and he proposed to start the new year by updating the full houses of Congress; it was called the "President's Annual Message to Congress." His speech, delivered at the provisional capital in NYC, set the tone for future presidents. George W. Bush will deliver this year's State of the Union Address at the nation's Capitol on January 28.
