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U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen

Monday, July 04, 2022

On July 4, 2022, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivered congratulatory remarks during a naturalization ceremony at Mount Vernon.

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Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Justice Neil M. Gorsuch visited Mount Vernon to discuss his book "A Republic, If You Can Keep It."

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Stanley Cup Trophy

Friday, October 05, 2018

Hockey's most legendary trophy stopped by Mount Vernon in the wake of the Washington Capitals' 2018 championship.

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Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Saturday, February 20, 2016

Several members of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (the UK equivalent of the Supreme Court of the United States), guests of the American College of Trial Lawyers, toured the Estate.

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Mr. and Mrs. Neil Reagan

1981

Brother and sister-in-law of then President Ronald Reagan.

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Olympic Torch

Friday, February 01, 1980

Mount Vernon was chosen as a site for a torch passing ceremony as the Olympic Torch made its journey from Yorktown to Lake Placid for the 1980 Winter Olympics.

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Mrs. Allie Smith

1980

Mother-in-law of President Jimmy Carter.

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Amy Carter

1977 and 1978

Daughter of President Jimmy Carter.

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Joan Kennedy

1976

First wife of Senator Edward Kennedy from Massachusetts.

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Linda Johnson Robb

1976 and numerous other times

Elder daughter of President Lyndon Baines Johnson.

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