Famous Visitors

John McCormack

Thursday, July 04, 1918

Irish tenor who sang the Star-Spangled Banner on the 4th of July in 1918.

Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of York

Tuesday, April 02, 1918

Lord Reading

Tuesday, April 02, 1918

Bishop Doane

April 1918

Of New York; accompanied Lord Reading and the Archbishop of York to Mount Vernon.

Bishop Harding

April 1918

Of Washington; accompanied Lord Reading and the Archbishop of York to Mount Vernon.

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.