Famous Visitors

Baron Rosen

1905

Came to Mount Vernon at the end of the Portsmouth Peace Conference.

Count Witte

1905

Came to Mount Vernon at the conclusion of the Portsmouth Peace Conference.

Prince Foushini

1904

From Japan.

Archbishop of Canterbury

1904

Planted a "scion of the famous Washington Elm at Cambridge" near the Tomb.

Admiral von Tirpitz

Thursday, February 27, 1902

Came to Mount Vernon with Prince Henry of Prussia.

Paul Kester

1902

American playwright and novelist.

Lieutenant Frank R. McCoy

Wednesday, January 01, 1902

Comte and Comtesse de Rochambeau

1902

Came with the Comte de Lafayette; placed a wreath on the Tomb, and planted a maple tree from Yorktown.

Captain Hugh L. Scott

1902

Cardinal Ruspoli

1902

Of Rome.