Famous Visitors

Prince Higashi Fushimi

1918

From Japan.

Archbishop of Athens

1918

Heading and accompanied by the Greek Ecclesiastical Mission.

Sir Eric Geddes

1918

First Lord of the British Admiralty.

Viscount Ishii

Sunday, August 26, 1917

First came to Mount Vernon as a member of the Japanese War Mission in World War I; later as a special delegate in 1933.

Baron Moncheux

Sunday, June 24, 1917

Of the Belgian War Mission.

Fernando di Savoia, Prince of Udine

Sunday, May 27, 1917

Visited Mount Vernon as part of the Italian War Commission during World War I.

Signor Marconi

Sunday, May 27, 1917

Came to Mount Vernon as part of the Italian mission to the United States, representing the King of Italy.

General George C. Marshall

Sunday, May 27, 1917

U.S. Secretary of State during the administration of President Harry S. Truman.

Marshall Joseph Joffre

Sunday, April 29, 1917

Marshal Joseph Joffre was part of the British & French War Commissions for World War I that visited Mount Vernon.

René Viviani

Sunday, April 29, 1917

Former Prime Minister of France René Viviani visited Mount Vernon as a member of the British & French War Commissions for World War I.

Thomas A. Edison

Tuesday, September 19, 1916

The American inventor "came to inspect the power-plant and lighting system he had designed for Mount Vernon."

President Woodrow Wilson

1914, 1915, 1917, and 1918

Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, visited Mount Vernon on several occasions.

Monseigneur Bonzano

1912

General Lan Tien Wei

1912

Of the Chinese Revolutionary Army.

President William Howard Taft

1912 and 1914

27th President of the United States. Placed a wreath at the Tomb of George Washington. Later, as former president, came to Mount Vernon with a group from the American Bar Association; planted a tree.