Presidents and First Ladies Trivia

[Eva Elisabeth]

Kudos, Steve! I thought that would need longer.
The reason of Prince Henry's visit was the launch of the yacht Meteor III, built by the Townsend-Downey Company (on Shooters Island, NY) for his brother, Kaiser Wilhelm II. Alice Roosevelt, the president's daughter, christened the boat. Thomas Alva Edison sent a cameraman who made one of the first news movies of the event. It's here:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ac6XJyXKh2k...c6XJyXKh2k
A result of the visit was the idea to organize class racing between American and German yachtsmen. The first races commenced at Marblehead (Boston) in 1906 and in Kiel (my hometown) in 1907.