Famous Visitors

Marshall Petain

1931

Came to Mount Vernon with a group of descendants of Lafayette, Rochambeau, De Grasse, and other Frenchmen who fought with Washington in the American Revolution.

President Herbert Hoover

February 22, 1930 and February 22, 1932

31st President of the United States. He and Mrs. Hoover visited on George Washington's birthday in 1930, when they spent a few minutes inside Washington's tomb "paying silent tribute."

Red Tomahawk

June 1929

Sioux chief.

Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover)

1929 and several other occasions

First Lady of the United States (1929-1933). Came to Mount Vernon on several occasions during her husband's presidency.

Colonel Granados

1929

Good-will aviator from Guatemala.

The Right Reverend John McKim

1928

Bishop of Toyko, Japan.

Major Georges Scapini

1928

Prince William

1927

From Sweden.

Dr. Hugo Eckener

1927

German blimp pilot; commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world.

Swami Yogananda

1927

From India.

Queen Marie with Prince Nicolas and Princess Ileana

Tuesday, October 19, 1926

From Rumania

Crown Prince Chichibu

1926

Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus

Friday, January 01, 1926

From Sweden.

Crown Princess Louise

1926

From Sweden.

Imperial Prince & Princess Asaka

1925

The Imperial Prince and Princess Asaka traveled to the estate with President Coolidge.

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