New York, New York (BUT NOT FORGOTTEN – EXCERPT #2)

The Old Federal Capital

The inauguration of George Washington.

The years following the end of the American Revolution were a chaotic time to say the least. Though the war had been won in 1783 and a loose government had been set up under the Articles of Confederation, the nation was still struggling to establish itself by the time the Constitution was signed in 1787, and though that document did provide for a district to be set up for the seat of the national government, it failed to specify whe...