Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-
Stanley, Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson), 1890-1970
Visitors, Foreign - United Kingdom
Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 02. Building 65.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England walking with Governor Thomas Stanley outside the Williamsburg Inn during her visit in 1957. The Queen's visit to Williamsburg came as part of her visit to Jamestown, celebrating the 350th anniversary of its founding. 50 years later, the Queen would duplicate her visit to both Jamestown and Colonial Williamsburg, even staying in the same suite at the Williamsburg Inn.
Durant, Albert W.
1957-05
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Premier Zhao Ziyang of the People's Republic of China
Visitors, Foreign - China
Zhao, Ziyang
Heads of state - China
Bookbinder's Shop (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 18-2. Building 12B.
Prime Ministers - China
Premier Zhao Ziyang of the People's Republic of China visits Colonial Williamsburg in January 1984. Mark Howell (ctr), acting supervisor of the Bindery, and Bob Lyon, (l) apprentice, explain the process of papermaking to Ziyang and his wife.
Winchester, Warren
1984-01
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President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Presidents - United States
Prime Ministers - United Kingdom
Visitors, Foreign - United Kingdom
Heads of state - United Kingdom
Heads of state - United States
Reagan, Ronald
Thatcher, Margaret
President Ronald Reagan greets British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during the welcoming ceremonies of the 1983 Economic Summit. Her visit was accompanied by the heads of state of France, Canada, West Germany, Italy, and Japan. The summit saw conversation between these leaders on topics ranging from international trade to missile deployments against the Soviet Union. It concluded with a series of economic principles the summit came to agree upon, which was titled, "The Williamsburg Declaration on Economic Recovery."
1983-05-28
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1984-100
Prince Charles and Governor John Dalton
Charles, Prince of Wales, 1948-
Visitors, Foreign - United Kingdom
Princes - United Kingdom
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 08. Building 11.
Celebrities - United Kingdom
Dalton, John N.
Prince Charles and Governor John Dalton during their visit to the Capitol in 1981. The Prince of Wales toured the United States, stopping in Colonial Williamsburg in the footsteps of his mother and grandmother. Prince Charles visited the Governor's Palace and the Capitol, where he received a sunburst brooch created by Colonial Williamsburg silversmith James Custis.
1981-04
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1981-1409
Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat
Heads of state - Egypt
Visitors, Foreign - Egypt
Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 03. Building 10.
Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat leaves the Lightfoot House. Sadat's visit to Colonial Williamsburg came as part his first official state visit to the United States since becoming President of Egypt. Following an afternoon touring the Historic Area, Colonial Williamsburg President Carlisle Humelsine gave a dinner in Sadat's honor at Carter's Grove Plantation. Sadat left for Washington the following morning.
1975-10-26
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1980-557
President Urho Kekkonen of Finland and Ambassador Shirley Temple Black
Temple, Shirley, 1928-2014
Kekkonen, Urho, 1900-1986
Heads of state - Finland
Visitors, Foreign - Finland
Ambassadors - United States
Celebrities - United States
Actors - United States
Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 02. Building 65.
President Urho Kekkonen of Finland and Ambassador Shirley Temple Black lawn bowling at the Williamsburg Inn in 1976. Shirley Temple Black, who would also serve as U.S. Chief of Protocol, played host for several dignitaries, including President Kekkonen.
1976-08
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1976-1892-1
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008
Visitors, Foreign - Russia
Celebrities - Russia
Authors, Russian
Capitol (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 08. Building 11.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (center), Russian author and (at the time of this photograph) Soviet exile, visited Colonial Williamsburg on Independence Day, 1975. Solzhenitsyn had been forced to leave the Soviet Union due to his writings, and had only recently arrived in the United States before visiting Colonial Williamsburg and Washington, D.C.
1975-07-04
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1975-1996
The Shah and Empress of Iran
Visitors, Foreign - Iran
Heads of State - Iran
Kings, Queens, Rulers, etc.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-1980
Farah, Empress, consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1938-
Humelsine, Carlisle H.
Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 03. Building 10.
The Shah of Iran (left), Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, and the Empress of Iran (rrigh), Farah Pahlavi, visit the Lightfoot House with President Carlisle Hummelsine (2nd from left) and his wife, Mary, in July of 1973.
1973-07
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1973-1238
President Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania
Heads of state - Romania
Visitors, Foreign - Romania
Ceausescu, Nicolae
President Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania playing volleyball during a visit to Colonial Williamsburg in 1970. President Ceausescu mentioned his love of volleyball during his tour of the Historic Area, so a net was set up in the backyard of the Lightfoot House, where he was staying. A short game between the Romanian officials and a combination of Colonial Williamsburg and State department officials ensued, with the Romanians winning.
1970-10
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1970-1284
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
Visitors, Foreign - Saudi Arabia
Kings, Queens, Rulers, etc.
Heads of state - Saudi Arabia
Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia, 1906-1975
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia rides through the Historic Area in a carriage during his June 1966 visit. King Faisal came to Williamsburg on his way to meet President Johnson for his first official state visit. Due to some logistical changes at the last minute, King Faisal arrived by helicopter around midnight. The heliport at the Williamsburg Inn was hurriedly adapted for night use through the use of floodlights.
1966-06
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1970-383
Soviet Cosmonauts
Visitors, Foreign - USSR
Astronauts
Cosmonauts
Celebrities - USSR
Celebrities - United States
Beregovoi, Georgii Timofeevich
Feoktistov, Konstantin, 1926-2009
Anders, William A. (William Alison), 1933-
Photo taken during visit of Soviet cosmonauts Georgy Beregovoy and Konstantin Feoktistov and former U.S. astronaut William Anders. Also in party are Mrs. Beregovoy and 19 year-old Viktor Beregovoy.
1969-10
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1969-3923
King Zahir of Afghanistan
Visitors, Foreign - Afghanistan
Kings, Queens, Rulers, etc.
Heads of state - Afghanistan
Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan, 1914-2007
King Zahir and Queen Humaira Begum of Afghanistan during their visit to Colonial Williamsburg in 1963. The 'Last King of Afghanistan' visited Colonial Williamsburg with his wife as part of a tour of the United States.
Toth, Steve
1963-09
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President and Mrs. Arturo Frondizi
Frondizi, Arturo, 1908-1995
Heads of State - Argentina
Visitors, Foreign - Argentina
The Golden Ball (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 17. Building 8D.
President and Mrs. Arturo Frondizi of Argentina visit with interpreters outside of The Golden Ball. President Frondizi toured the United States as part of his official state visit, which included a ticker tape parade in New York City.
1959-01
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1963-898
Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia
Tito, Josip Broz, 1892-1980
Foreign Visitors - Yugoslavia
Heads of State - Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia rides in a carriage with Williamsburg Mayor (Dr.) Henry M. Stryker, Colonial Williamsburg President Carlisle Humelsine, and others. Tito was in the United States for an informal visit to tour the nation. While visiting Colonial Williamsburg, Tito fell ill and stayed in bed at the Lightfoot House. Tito's wife visited Carter's Grove and, per her request, an American grocery store.
1963-10
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Hiroshima Maidens
Visitors, Foreign - Japan
Celebrities - Japan
Atomic bomb - Physiological effect
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) - History - Bombardment, 1945 - Health aspects
"Hiroshima Maidens," a group of Japanese women in the U.S. to treat disfigurements from the atomic bombing, visit Colonial Williamsburg on October 18, 1956. By October of 1956 the women had completed most of the surgeries, and were preparing to return home. In this photograph, the 'Maidens' observe a Colonial Williamsburg interpreter in possibly the old Cabinetmakers shop. Their visit to Colonial Williamsburg was one of many tours of the nation during their 18 month stay.
Beamish, George
1956-10-18
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Sir Winston Churchill and General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Raleigh Tavern (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 17. Building 6A.
Heads of State - United Kingdom
Prime Ministers - United Kingdom
Visitors, Foreign
Generals - United States
During his 1946 tour of the United States with General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Sir Winston Churchill made plans to visit Colonial Williamsburg, now twelve years old after the opening of its Historic Area. Mr. Churchill and General Eisenhower arrived by a special train on Friday, March 8, 1946. Their party enjoyed a tour of the Historic Area, followed by a visit to the Wren Building at the College of William and Mary. During their carriage ride, the horses were frightened and the tour continued by car. General Eisenhower recalled how “Sir Winston didn’t pay any attention [to the frightened horses], he just lit his cigar.”
After the tour, Mr. Churchill and General Eisenhower were invited to tea at Raleigh Tavern by Mr. Kenneth Chorley, President of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, where this photograph was taken. They proceeded to dinner at the Williamsburg Inn. Sir Winston Churchill graced Colonial Williamsburg with an eloquent speech at dinner, concluding with a generous wish: “Long may Colonial Williamsburg flourish! Firm may be the links which it may forge with our past, and may those links of distant by-gone days be reinforced by new links and new bonds which will reach across the ocean and join our two peoples together.”
Dementi, Frank A.
Larson, Chiles
1946-03-08
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King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece
Visitors, Foreign - Greece
Kings, Queens, Rulers, etc.
Paul I, King of the Hellenes, 1901-1964
Frederika, Queen, consort of Paul I, King of the Hellenes, 1917-1981
Heads of state - Greece
Block 02. Building 65.
Williamsburg Inn (WIlliamsburg, Va.)
King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece descending the stairs at the WIlliamsburg Inn. The King and Queen were among the first foreign dignitaries to visit Colonial Williamsburg through the State Department program established by Colonial Williamsburg President (and former State Department official) Carlisle Humelsine.
Beamish, George
1953-11-27
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