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The Royal Visit
Queen Elizabeth is due at the White House on Monday. It will be her fifth visit, dating back to when she was a mere princess and Harry Truman was president.
In 1991 she was hosted by President George H.W. Bush. A fife-and-drum parade greeted her on the South Lawn. In the Rose Garden she presented Bush with the Winston Churchill Award “in recognition of the leadership you have showed to the world in recent months” in planning and executing the first Gulf War. She also gave Bush four silver-plated horseshoes bearing her crest.
In 1976, she came to town to visit President Ford. In 1957, President Eisenhower hosted her visit. In 1951, as Princess Elizabeth, she spent several day at Blair House near the White House. The Trumans also were living at Blair House at the time due to White House renovations.
FYI, the first visit of a reigning British monarch to the U.S. came in 1939 when King George VI visited FDR. The president greeted the king at Union Station.
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