Editing Albert I of Belgium (section)

===Trip to the United States===
[[File:King Albert at Columbia LCCN2014709808.jpg|thumb|King Albert at [[Columbia University]] after receiving an honorary degree, 1919]]
From 23 September to 13 November 1919, King Albert, Queen [[Elisabeth of Bavaria (1876–1965)|Elisabeth of Bavaria]], and their son [[Leopold III of Belgium|Prince Leopold]] made an official visit to the [[United States]]. King Albert and his party arrived in New York City on 2 October.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=RDP19191003.2.10&srpos=80&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- |title=Ovation is Given King |work=Riverside Daily Press |date=3 October 1919}}</ref> The party would then proceed to visit several sites in the Eastern United States including [[Boston]] and [[Niagara Falls]], before heading to the Western United States.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sorchan |first1=Beatrice |title=Across America With The King Of The Belgians |date=1921 |publisher=E.P. Dutton & Company |url=https://archive.org/details/acrossamericawit027221mbp/mode/2up}}</ref> King Albert and his party arrived in California on 10 October.<ref name="Belgians">{{cite news |title=Belgians Greeted In California |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDDU19191011.2.22&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- |access-date=16 March 2023 |work=San Diego Union and Daily Bee |date=11 October 1919}}</ref> Upon arrival in [[Sacramento]], the King awarded the [[Order of Leopold II]] to the engineer who was on board the King's special train. During his brief stay in Sacramento thousands came to see the Belgian royals, with mothers even holding out their babies for the King to kiss.<ref name="Belgians"/> During a visit of the historic [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[pueblo]] of [[Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico]], King Albert decorated [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|Father]] [[Anton Docher]] with Knight in the [[Order of Leopold II]].<ref>Keleher and Chant. ''The Padre of Isleta''. Sunstone Press, 2009, p. 94.</ref> Docher offered the King a [[turquoise]] cross mounted in silver made by the Tiwas Indians.<ref>W. A. Keleher. ''The Indian sentinel''. 1920, vol. 2. pp. 23–24</ref><ref>Samuel Gance, ''Anton ou la trajectoire d'un père'', L'Harmattan, 2013, p.174.</ref> Ten thousand people travelled to Isleta for this occasion. That same year he was elected an honorary member of the New York [[Society of the Cincinnati]]. 
In New York, the King received a [[ticker tape parade]] in his honor. The visit was considered a success by the Belgian authorities.<ref name="auto"/>