Woodrow Wilson ~ December 28, 1856 - February 3, 1924

28th President, 1913-1921

Woodrow Wilson sites visited:
Wilson's birthplace and museum/library are located on the same site in Staunton, Virginia.
The Garden
The museum
There was a World War I exhibit on the lower level.
This was Wilson's home from 1871-1875, 1705 Hampton St, Columbia, South Carolina.
Rapids City, South Dakota, City of Presidents, statue:
He has a bust in the Capitol Building in Richmond, Virginia.
After the White House, Woodrow and Edith lived in this house in D.C., him until his death in 1924 and Edith until her death in 1961.
Wilson is the only President whose grave is inside Washington National Cathedral in D.C.
Woodrow Wilson is the only President to date to have earned a Ph.D. He is one of four presidents to have received the Nobel Peace Prize (along with Theodore Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, and Barack Obama).

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