<description>&lt;p&gt;The State of the Union address may be an annual tradition now, but when Washington prepared to give his address in 1790, the expectations weighed heavily upon him. To prepare for this momentous occasion, Washington turned, pen in hand, back to the Constitution itself. In this episode of The Secrets of Washington's Archives, Dr. Douglas Bradburn, President &amp; CEO of George Washington's Mount Vernon, explores Washington's own copy of the Constitution contained within a volume of the first Acts of Congress. Within this extraordinary text, we see Washington's own handwritten notes on what it meant to be president. &lt;a href="https://www.georgewashingtonpodcastnetwork.com" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Secrets of Washington's Archives

The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

A Presidential Primer

OCT 23, 202328 MIN
Secrets of Washington's Archives

A Presidential Primer

OCT 23, 202328 MIN

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The State of the Union address may be an annual tradition now, but when Washington prepared to give his address in 1790, the expectations weighed heavily upon him. To prepare for this momentous occasion, Washington turned, pen in hand, back to the Constitution itself. In this episode of The Secrets of Washington's Archives, Dr. Douglas Bradburn, President & CEO of George Washington's Mount Vernon, explores Washington's own copy of the Constitution contained within a volume of the first Acts of Congress. Within this extraordinary text, we see Washington's own handwritten notes on what it meant to be president.