Famous Visitors

Princess Margaret

Tuesday, November 16, 1965

Younger sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II.

Lady Bird Johnson (Mrs. Lyndon Johnson)

1965 and several other occasions

Lady Bird Johnson came to Mount Vernon on several occasions as First Lady and at least once prior to that.

Stewart Udall

Tuesday, May 04, 1965

Secretary of the Interior for President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Mrs. Dorothy Troth Muir

1965

American writer.

James Thomas Flexner

1965 and 1974

American writer; biographer of George Washington.

Prince & Princess Mikasa

1965

From Japan.

Princess Christina

1965

From Sweden.

Vice President & Mrs. Hubert Humphrey

1965 and 1967

Prince Souvanna Phouma

1962

Prime Minister of Laos.

Justice William O. Douglas

1962

Crown Prince Hasan as-Senussi

1962

The Crown Prince of Libya.

President John F. Kennedy

Tuesday, July 11, 1961

The 35th President and First Lady of the United States hosted a state dinner at Mount Vernon for President Muhammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan.

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (Mrs. John Fitzgerald Kennedy)

1961 and 1962

First Lady of the United States (1961-1963). In addition to her much-heralded state dinner at Mount Vernon for Pakistani President Ayub Khan in 1961, she also came out to the estate the following year, just to have a peaceful place to ride her horse.

Supreme Patriot of the Buddist Church in Thailand

1961

President Gerald R. Ford

1961 and 1976

38th President of the United States. Came to Mount Vernon at least twice, once as a Congressman in 1961, and again in 1976, during his presidency.