Famous Visitors

USS George Washington

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Top USS George Washington sailors visited for an in-depth tour of Mount Vernon.

General Colin Powell

Wednesday, December 02, 2020

In December of 2020, Mount Vernon hosted Gen. Colin Powell for a conversation about his military and diplomatic career and the legacy of George Washington.

Secretary of Defense James Mattis

Friday, October 11, 2019

The Marine Corps general and secretary of defense has visited Mount Vernon twice in recent years.

The Honorable Allen W. Dulles

1961

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield

Wednesday, January 20, 1960

Prince Armir Fahd ibn Saud

1957

Minister of Defense of Saudi Arabia.

Charles de Gaulle

Friday, July 07, 1944

During his first visit to the U.S., the head of the Free French Forces stopped at Mount Vernon.

General Henri Giraud

Friday, July 09, 1943

French General Henri Giraud visited Mount Vernon while in the US attending a conference with President Roosevelt.

Count Terauchi of Japan

1939 and 1940

Marshall Petain

1931

Came to Mount Vernon with a group of descendants of Lafayette, Rochambeau, De Grasse, and other Frenchmen who fought with Washington in the American Revolution.

Colonel Granados

1929

Good-will aviator from Guatemala.

Major Georges Scapini

1928

General Josepha Haller

1923

War Veteran of Poland.

Field Marshall Lord Allenby

1921

Captured Jerusalem from the Turks in World War I.

Marshal Ferdinand Foch

1920

French soldier, military theorist, and the Allied Généralissime during World War I.