Famous Visitors

Owen Wister

1907 and 1915

American novelist; made at least two visits to Mount Vernon.

The Maharajah Gaekwar, Prince of Baroda

Monday, January 01, 1906

Accompanied by his wife, the Maharana. From India.

President Theodore Roosevelt

1906, 1907, and 1908

26th President of the United States. Visited Mount Vernon in 1906 with his family. Returned the following year on horseback.

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt)

1906 and several other times

First Lady of the United States (1901-1909). Came to Mount Vernon several times during her husband's presidency.

Prince Louis of Battenberg

1905

Baron Rosen

1905

Came to Mount Vernon at the end of the Portsmouth Peace Conference.

Count Witte

1905

Came to Mount Vernon at the conclusion of the Portsmouth Peace Conference.

Prince Foushini

1904

From Japan.

Archbishop of Canterbury

1904

Planted a "scion of the famous Washington Elm at Cambridge" near the Tomb.

Admiral von Tirpitz

Thursday, February 27, 1902

Came to Mount Vernon with Prince Henry of Prussia.

The Crown Prince and Princess of Siam

1902

They "placed in the Tomb two rich floral designs"

Paul Kester

1902

American playwright and novelist.

Comte de Lafayette

1902

Visited with the Count and Countess Rochambeau; placed a wreath at the Tomb and planted a maple tree from Yorktown.

Lieutenant Frank R. McCoy

Wednesday, January 01, 1902

Thomas Nelson Page

1902

Lawyer and American writer; later served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during World War I.