Shortly after his inaugural address, President Washington, accompanied by the vice president, House, and Senate, walks the short distance to Saint Paul's Chapel. Inside, the entire U.S. Government assembles once again during their first day in existence underneath President Washington.

- Annals of Congress VOL 1. Pg. 29 (PDF)

Little do they know, 212 years later, this same chapel will be engulfed in the bellows of an ongoing disaster.