Famous Visitors

Prince Abdullah

1947

From Yemen.

President Harry S. Truman

1947

33rd President of the United States.

Ernest Bevin

Thursday, December 12, 1946

British trade unionist and statesmen; served as Minister of Labor and National Service during World War II and as Foreign Secretary immediately after the war.

Faisal, The Prince Regent

From Iraq.

Charles de Gaulle

Friday, July 07, 1944

During his first visit to the U.S., the head of the Free French Forces stopped at Mount Vernon.

Archbishop Cyril Ebor

1944

Archbishop of York, England.

General Henri Giraud

Friday, July 09, 1943

French General Henri Giraud visited Mount Vernon while in the US attending a conference with President Roosevelt.

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek

Monday, February 22, 1943

Wife of Generallismo Chiang Kai-Shek of China, who later led the exile government in Taiwan. Came to Mount Vernon with President and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt.

Prince Amir Faisal

1943

From Saudi Arabia.

Queen Wilhelmina

Thursday, August 06, 1942

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands came to Mount Vernon with President and Mrs. Roosevelt.

Crown Prince Olav

1942, 1943, 1944, and 1945

From Norway.

King Peter

1942

From Yugoslavia.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

Thursday, January 01, 1942

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt brought British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to see Washington's Tomb just weeks after the U.S. entered World War II.

The Former Grand Duchess of Luxembourg

1941

Queen Juliana

1940 and 1952

Visited first as princess, later as queen. From the Netherlands.