Famous Visitors to Richmond, Virginia

General Eisenhower and Winston Churchill

Capitol Square
Richmond, Virginia - 1946

Henry Ford

Henry Ford, right, and unidentified Richmonder.
Picture taken outside the old Richmond Hotel.

David Lloyd George
Prime Minister of England

Jenny Lind

Jenny Lind, "The Swedish Nightingale," as she was dubbed by show-business master P.T. Barnum, created a sensation and prompted an unprecedented run on tickets when she performed in Richmond in 1850. The best seats in the Marshall Theater went for $105, more than a year's pay for most of the city's residents.

Roscoe Turner

Roscoe Turner was a multiple winner of the Harmon and Henderson Trophies, and received a special Distinguished Flying Cross by Act of Congress in 1952. Pictured here with his mascot, Gilmore. Born in Corrinth, Mississippi, he often flew into Byrd Field, and was a favorite figure in Richmond.