Famous Visitors

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.

President William Howard Taft

1912 and 1914

The 27th President of the United States placed a wreath at the tomb of George Washington. Later, as former president, he came to Mount Vernon with a group from the American Bar Association and planted a tree.

Monseigneur Bonzano

1912

General Lan Tien Wei

1912

Of the Chinese Revolutionary Army.

Admiral Togo

1911

Accompanied by a group including the Japanese ambassador to the United States.

Prince Kuni

1909

Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi was a member of the Japanese imperial family and a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army.

Prince Foushimi

1907

The Duke of Abruzzi

1907

Planted a poplar tree and placed "an unusually handsome wreath" at George Washington's tomb. From Italy.

Wa Ting Fang

1907

Chinese diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and briefly as Acting Premier during the early years of the Republic of China.

General Kuroki and Admiral Ijuin

1907

Of Japan; placed a wreath on the Tomb.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

1907, 1908, and 1961

Daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt.

J. Pierpont Morgan

1907

American businessman; planted a mulberry tree.

Admiral Thierry

1907

Commander of the French squadron; planted a beech tree.

Captain Baron Van Asbeck

1907

Representing the Dutch navy; planted an oak tree.