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PHOTOS: Looking Back at Queen Elizabeth’s Visits to DC

The Queen attended a University of Maryland football game and planted trees at the White House.

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PHOTOS: Looking Back at Queen Elizabeth’s Visits to DC
The Queen standing with First Lady Betty Ford while taking a tour of the White House during the 1976 trip. Photograph courtesy of the National Archives Catalog.

Over the course of her life, Queen Elizabeth II made a number of visits to the DC area, starting as a princess in 1951.

Here, we take a look at some photos from the Queen’s time in DC, such as visiting for the United States Bicentennial in 1976 and the 400-year anniversary of the Jamestown Settlement in 2007, attending college football games in Maryland, and planting trees on the White House Lawn.

The Queen (still a princess at the time) seen here with Harry Truman on her first trip to DC in 1951. Photograph courtesy of the White House Historical Association.

 

The Queen at Mount Vernon in 1951 as she receives a gift from Hope Powel, the Regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Photograph courtesy of the Fred W. Smith National Library.

 

A photo of Queen Elizabeth II signing the guestbook in the mansion at Mount Vernon during the 1951 visit. Photograph courtesy of the Fred W. Smith National Library.

 

The Queen was joined by then-University of Maryland president Wilson Homer Elkins (left) and then-Maryland governor Theodore McKeldin (right) at a University of Maryland football game in 1957. Photograph courtesy of the Library of Congress.

 

Prince Phillip and Queen Elizabeth II pose with the Eisenhowers during their 1957 stay at the White House. Photograph courtesy of the Fred W. Smith National Library.

 

The Queen meeting with Vice President Nelson Rockefeller (left) and Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley (right) at the Smithsonian Institution Building in 1976. Photograph Courtesy of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

 

In 1976, here she is dancing with President Gerald Ford at a state dinner held in her honor celebrating the United States Bicentennial. Photograph courtesy of the National Archives Catalog.

 

The Queen standing with First Lady Betty Ford while taking a tour of the White House during the 1976 trip. Photograph courtesy of the National Archives Catalog.

 

Here’s Queen Elizabeth II planting a littleleaf linden tree on the South Lawn with George H.W. Bush in 1991. Photograph courtesy of the White House Historical Association.

 

The Queen receives flowers from some children outside of the White House during her 2007 commemorative Jamestown visit. Photograph courtesy of the National Archives Catalog.

 

Itzhak Perlman playing for the Queen in the East Room of the White House in 2007. Photograph courtesy of the National Archives Catalog.

 

The Queen receiving flowers at the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia in 2007. Photograph courtesy of the National Archives Catalog.

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Peter Njoroge
Peter Njoroge
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