Akie Abe, First Lady of Japan
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Japanese First Lady Akie Abe traveled to Mount Vernon with First Lady Laura Bush.
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President George W. Bush
Monday, February 19, 2007
43rd President of the United States. Paid a visit with Mrs. Bush on the President's Day holiday; came back in November of the same year to meet with the new president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Pat Sajak
May 2006
The legendary television personality and host of "Wheel of Fortune" visited Mount Vernon to film a brief orientation video.
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Lynne Cheney
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Lynne Cheney, author, scholar, and wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney, celebrated National Constitution Day at Mount Vernon
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Laura Bush (Mrs. George W. Bush)
Spring 2001 and other occasions
First Lady of the United States (2001-2009). Came to Mount Vernon with members of her Austin, Texas, garden club. (Spring 2001) Came back to visit the estate with friends in 2003 and again in 2007, first with her husband to celebrate President's Day, and later in the year with the wife of the Japanese Prime Minister.
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Anthony M. Kennedy
2001 and 2016
Justice on the United States Supreme Court; spoke at Mount Vernon (2001). He returned with his family in 2016.
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Martha Stewart
2001
Style guru and television personality. Filmed a television special.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton (Mrs. William Jefferson Clinton)
1999
First Lady of the United States hosted a luncheon at Mount Vernon.
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