France

December 14-25, 1918
Woodrow Wilson
Paris, Chaumont
Attended Preliminary to the Paris Peace Conference. Departed U.S. December 4.

December 31, 1918-January 1, 1919
Woodrow Wilson
Paris
Stopover en route to Italy.

January 7-February 14, 1919
Woodrow Wilson
Paris
Attended Paris Peace Conference. Arrived in the U.S. February 24.

March 14-June 18, 1919
Woodrow Wilson
Paris
Attended Paris Peace Conference. Departed the U.S. March 4.

June 20-28, 1919
Woodrow Wilson
Paris
Attended Paris Peace Conference. Returned to U.S. July 8.

December 8, 1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Martinique
Conferred with U.S. officials.

November 20, 1943
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oran (Algeria)
Disembarked en route to Cairo.

December 9, 1943
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dakar (Senegal)
Re-embarked for the U.S.

February 18, 1943
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Algiers (Algeria)
Briefed U.S. Ambassadors to the United Kingdom, France, and Italy on the Yalta Conference.

December 14-19, 1957
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Attended meeting of NATO Heads of Government.

September 2-4, 1959
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Informal meeting with President De Gaulle and Italian Premier Segni. Addressed North Atlantic Council.

December 18-21, 1959
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Toulon, Paris
Conference with President De Gaulle, British Prime Minister Macmillan, and German Chancellor Adenauer.

May 15-19, 1960
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Conference with President De Gaulle, British Prime Minister Macmillan, and Soviet Premier Khrushchev.

May 31-June 3, 1961
John F. Kennedy
Paris
State visit; addressed North Atlantic Council; met with President De Gaulle.

February 28-March 2, 1969
Richard M. Nixon
Paris
Met with President De Gaulle.

November 12, 1970
Richard M. Nixon
Paris
Attended memorial services for former President De Gaulle.

April 5-7, 1974
Richard M. Nixon
Paris
Attended memorial services for former President Pornpidou. Met afterward with interim President Poher, Italian Prime Minister Leone, British Prime Minister Wilson, West German Chancellor Brandt, Danish Prime Minister Hartling, Soviet President Podgorny, and Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka.

December 14-16, 1974
Gerald R. Ford
Martinique
Met with President Giscard d'Estaing.

November 15-17, 1975
Gerald R. Ford
Rambouillet
Attended Economic Summit Meeting of the Heads of State and Government of France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

January 4-6, 1978
Jimmy Carter
Paris, Normandy, Bayeux, Versailles
Met with President Giscard d'Estaing and Prime Minister Barre.

January 4-9, 1979
Jimmy Carter
Guadeloupe
Met informally with President Giscard d'Estaing, German Chancellor Schmidt, and British Prime Minister Callaghan.

June 2-7, 1982
Ronald Reagan
Paris
State visit; met with President Mitterrand and Prime Minister Mauroy.

June 5-6, 1982
Ronald Reagan
Versailles
Attended Economic Summit Meeting with the Heads of State and Government of Canada, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

June 6, 1984
Ronald Reagan
Normandy
Attended commemorative ceremonies of the 40th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy. Also present were Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, King Olav V of Norway, King Baudouin I of Belgium, President Mitterrand of France, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg.

May 8, 1985
Ronald Reagan
Strasbourg
Addressed the European Parliament.

July 13-17, 1989
George Bush
Paris
Attended the Economic Summit of the Heads of State and Government of Canada, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Also attended ceremonies for the Bicentennial of the French Revolution and met with Ivorian President Houphouet-Boigny.

December 16, 1989
George Bush
St. Martin Island (West Indies)
Informal meeting with President Mitterrand.

November 18-21, 1990
George Bush
Paris
Attended CSCE Summit Meeting and the signing of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.

March 14, 1991
George Bush
Martinique (French West Indies)
Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Mitterrand.

July 14, 1991
George Bush
Rambouillet
Discussed further sanctions against Iraq with President Mitterrand.

January 3, 1993
George Bush
Paris
Discussed the Bosnian crisis with President Mitterrand.

June 6-8, 1994
William J. Clinton
Colleville, Paris
Attended D-Day memorial ceremonies. Met with President Mitterrand and senior French officials. Addressed the French National Assembly.

December 14, 1995
William J. Clinton
Paris
Attended the signing of the Bosnian peace treaty.

June 27-29, 1996
William J. Clinton
Lyon, Perouges, Paris
Attended the G-7 Economic Summit Meeting and met with Russian Prime Minister Chernomyrdin and UN Secretary-General Boutrous-Ghali.

May 26-27, 1997
William J. Clinton
Paris
Attended the signing of the NATO-Russia Founding Act.

June 16-17, 1999
William J. Clinton
Paris
Discussed peacekeeping in Kosovo with President Chirac and Prime Minister Jospin.

May 26-27, 2002
George W. Bush
Paris, St. Mere-Eglise, Colleville
Met with President Chirac and delivered a Memorial Day address in Normandy.

June 1-2, 2003
George W. Bush
Evian-les-Bains
Attended the G-8 Economic Summit and met with Chinese President Hu Jintao.

June 5-6, 2004
George W. Bush
Paris, Colleville, Caen, Arromanches
Met with President Chirac and commemorated the 60^th anniversary of D-Day.