Famous Visitors

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.

Comte and Comtesse de Rochambeau

1902

Came with the Comte de Lafayette; placed a wreath on the Tomb, and planted a maple tree from Yorktown.

Cardinal Ruspoli

1902

Of Rome.

Captain Hugh L. Scott

1902

Paul Wilstach

1902

Author.

Princess Aribert

Monday, June 11, 1900

Marie Louise (1872-1956), daughter of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and his wife, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom; granddaughter of Queen Victoria.