Letter from the Assistant to the President of the United States to Albert W. Durant
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Popple, Paul M.
Durant, Albert Wadsworth, 1920-1991
African Americans – Suffrage
African Americans – Civil rights
United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Letter from Paul M. Popple, Assistant to the President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, to Albert W. Durant, expressing the president's thanks for Durant's "comments on the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965." The White House, Washington, D.C., August 19, 1965.
Popple, Paul M.
August 19, 1965
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President Harry Truman
Presidents - United States
Heads of state - United States
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 3A.
President Harry S. Truman, flanked by several costumed interpreters, laughs as he descends the steps outside the Governor's Palace. President Truman was in Williamsburg in 1948 to receive an honorary degree from The College of William and Mary. During his visit, President Truman was given a tour of the Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg.
Williams, Thomas L.
1948-04
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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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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Peery, George C. (George Campbell), 1873-1952
Presidents - United States
Heads of state - United States
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Gov. George C. Peery during the 1934 dedication of Duke of Gloucester Street. Williamsburg mayor Channing Hall stands in foreground.
1934
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Presidential Candidate Jimmy Carter
Presidents - United States
Williamsburg Lodge (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block. 44-1. Building 03.
Carter, Jimmy, 1924 -
Presidential hopeful Jimmy Carter at a rally held at the Williamsburg Lodge before the October 22, 1976 Presidential debate with President Gerald Ford at Phi Beta Kappa Hall at the College of William & Mary.
Spangler, Dan
1976-10-22
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Former President Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon and archaeologist Ivor Noel Hume.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993
Noel Hume, Ivor
Archaeology Lab (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 27. Building 65.
Presidents - United States
Former President Richard Nixon with wife Pat and archaeologist Ivor Noel Hume in the archaeology lab, 1981. Former President Nixon took a personal interest in the archaeological methods used at Colonial Williamsburg. Ivor Noel Hume, director of the archaeology program at Colonial Williamsburg for over 30 years, gave Mr. and Mrs. Nixon the tour of the lab where artifacts are processed.
1981
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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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President Warren G. Harding
Presidents - United States
Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
Heads of state - United States
President Warren Harding (tipping hat in the back seat) rides in a car through the city of Williamsburg, ca. 1920s. President Harding served from 1921-1923 before dying in office. During his visit, Williamsburg had not yet been restored to its 18th century appearance. This photograph provides a rare glimpse into pre-restored Williamsburg.
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President Ronald Reagan and Mrs. Nancy Reagan
Reagan, Ronald
Reagan, Nancy, 1921-
Presidents - United States
Heads of state - United States
Actors - American
President Ronald Reagan and Mrs. Nancy Reagan reviewing the Fifes and Drums Corp. Their visit was part of the 1983 G7 summit, which also included the heads of state of France, Canada, West Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. 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
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Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton
Clinton, Bill, 1946-
Presidential candidates
Block 44-1. Building 03.
Williamsburg Lodge (Williamsburg, Va.)
Longsworth, Charles R. (Charles Robert), 1929-
Wilburn, Robert
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton shakes hands with Robert Wilburn, President of Colonial Williamsburg, at the Williamsburg Lodge. Former Colonial Williamsburg President Charles Longsworth and his wife, Polly, look on.
Green, Thomas E.
1992-10
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Former President George H. W. Bush
Bush, George, 1924-
Presidents - United States
Heads of state - United States
Lightfoot House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 03. Building 10.
Colonial Williamsburg actor/interpreter John Hamant presents former President George H.W. Bush with a copy of " Williamsburg Before and After" during his visit. Former President Bush visited Colonial Williamsburg in 1995 during his trip to give the commencement speech at the 1995 College of William and Mary graduation ceremonies. "Williamsburg Before and After," often presented to Distinguished Visitors, chronicles the restoration of Williamsburg to its colonial appearance.
Green, Thomas E.
1995-05
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Herbert Hoover
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
President's House (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 16. Building 02.
United States. Department of Commerce.
Herbert Hoover (second man from left) walking on the sidewalk past the President's House on the campus of the College of William & Mary, May 15, 1926. In his role as Secretary of Commerce under President Calvin Coolidge, Hoover visited Williamsburg to take part in a commemoration of the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
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President Roosevelt at Capitol
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Presidents - United States
Chorley, Kenneth, 1893-1974
Peery, George C. (George Campbell), 1873-1952
Bryan, John Stewart, 1871-1944
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Virginia Governor George C. Peery, and College of William & Mary President J. Stewart Bryan confer with Kenneth Chorley and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin outside the Capitol in preparation for the dedication ceremony for Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Virginia on October 20, 1934.
Dementi, Frank
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