Famous Visitors

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.

Letitia Baldridge

1961 and 1989

Etiquette expert. Visited Mount Vernon in 1961, 1989, and other times.

President Lyndon Baines Johnson

1961

36th President of the United States.

Senator Everett M. Dirksen

1961

Supreme Patriot of the Buddist Church in Thailand

1961

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.

The Honorable Allen W. Dulles

1961

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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.

Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield

Wednesday, January 20, 1960

The King and Queen of Thailand

1960

Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch

1960

Prince & Princess of Liege

1960

Crown Prince Harald

1960

From Norway.

Fidel Castro

Sunday, April 19, 1959

Fidel Castro visited Mount Vernon on his "Good Will" tour of the United States in 1959.

King Hussein

1959 and 1989

From Jordan.