Famous Visitors to Richmond, Virginia

Famous Visitors: Page 1

1. General Eisenhower and Winston Churchill visit Capitol Square in 1946
2. President Richard Nixon in Richmond, Virginia 1968
3. General Ferdinand Foch visited Richmond in 1921
4. Roscoe Turner and His girlfriend
5. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932

Famous Visitors: Page 2

1. General Eisenhower and Winston Churchill in Capitol Square, 1946
2. Henry Ford visits Richmnd
3. David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of England , in Richmond 1923
4. Jenny Lind, "The Swedish Nightengale" performed in Richmond in 1850
5. Roscoe Turner and his mascot, Gilmore

Famous Visitors: Page 3

1. George Washington attended 2nd Virginia Convention, March 25, 1775
2. Picture of St. John's Church
3. Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Speech at St. John's Church
4. Interior view of St. John's Church
5. William Wirt compiled Patrick Henry's speech
6. Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia

Famous Visitors: Page 4

1. General and Mrs. Billy Mitchell were in Richmond in 1933
2. In October 1927, The Spirit of St. Louis brought "Slim" Lindbergh to Bryd Field
3. Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) spoke in Richmond in 1842
4. Reverend William Ashley Sunday preached in the City Auditorium in the 1920's
5. Edwin Booth with his daughter, Edwina.

Famous Visitors: Page 5

1.  Admiral Richard E. Byrd - Dedication of Byrd Airport Terminal Building 1950.
2. Sir Henry Maitland, Sir Winston Churchill, and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1946
3. David Lloyd George and Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman, 1920s
4. Lady Nancy Langhorne Astor

Famous Visitors: Page 6

1. Adm. Nimitz, Dr. Freeman and Gen Eisenhower, 1946
2. Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

Famous Visitors: Page7

1. John Wilkes Booth appeared in Richmond Theaters
2. Jack Lemmon, during filming of The Ballad of Mary Phagan, circa 1985
3. Junius Brutus Booth appeared at the Marshall Theater in Richmond
4. Joe DiMaggio visits with Richmond boys August 18, 1950
5. Jack Dempsey in Richmond, Virginia

Famous Visitors: Page 8

1. Adelina Patti performed in Richmond, Virginia in 1853 and 1860.
2. MGM mascot, Leo the Lion, visited the Loews Theatre in the 1930's
3. Captain Smith and Christopher Newport landed in Richmond
4. Arthur Godfrey - He was present at dedication of Byrd Teminal Building in 1950
5. Princess Yellow Bird of the Sioux Nation, South Dakota in the 1930's

Famous Visitors: Page 9

1. Washington Irving
2. Lester Wallack
3. Tom Moore
4. Robert Lee Frost
5. Elvis Presley

Famous Visitors: Page 10

1. Emma Abbott
2. Louis Aldrich
3. Mary Anderson
4. Frank Bangs
5. Lawrence Barrett

Famous Visitors: Page 11

1. Kate Claxton
2. Henry Dixey
3. Edwin Forrest
4. Nat Goodwin
5. DeWolfe Hopper