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General Kuroki and Admiral Ijuin

1907

General Kuroki Tamemoto was a distinguished Japanese army commander. He was accompanied by Baron Matsuji Ijuin, an Imperial Japanese Navy officer. During their visit, they placed a wreath on the Tomb.

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Alice Longworth

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

1907, 1908, and 1961

Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884–1980), daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, was a sharp-witted socialite and political influencer. She visited Mount Vernon multiple times from 1907 to 1961.

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J Pierpont Morgan

J. Pierpont Morgan

1907

J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) was a powerful American financier, businessman and banker during the Gilded Age. He visited Mount Vernon in 1907 and planted a mulberry tree.

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Wu Tingfang

Wu Ting-fang

1907

Wu Ting-fang was a Chinese diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and briefly as Acting Premier during the early years of the Republic of China. He visited Mount Vernon in 1907.

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Admiral Thierry

Admiral Thierry

1907

Admiral Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu (1889–1964) was a French naval officer and Discalced Carmelite friar. He visited Mount Vernon in 1907.

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Captain Baron von Asbeck

Captain Baron Van Asbeck

1907

Captain Baron Thomas Karel van Asbeck (1899–1966) was a distinguished officer in the Royal Netherlands Navy. He visited Mount Vernon in 1907 and planted an oak tree.

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Duke of Abruzzi

The Duke of Abruzzi

1907

Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873–1933), was an Italian royal, naval officer, and pioneering explorer known for his ambitious expeditions to the Arctic, the Himalayas, and Africa.

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Owen Wister

Owen Wister

1907 and 1915

Owen Wister (1860–1938) was an American writer best known for his novel The Virginian (1902), which is widely regarded as the first true Western. He made at least two visits to Mount Vernon.

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Baroda

The Maharajah Gaekwar, Prince of Baroda

Monday, January 01, 1906

Maharajah Sayajirao Gaekwad III (1863–1939) was the progressive ruler of the princely state of Vadodara (Baroda), India. He was accompanied by his wife, the Maharana.

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Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt)

1906 and several other times

First Lady of the United States (1901-1909). Came to Mount Vernon several times during her husband's presidency.

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