| 1909/03/19 |
As Edith Galt and her party leave the dining room one evening, the hotel manager says they can look in the ballroom for a few minutes and see the president of Princeton University addressing the alumni. "That was my first glimpse of Woodrow Wilson." - EBW |
Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
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| 1913/04/08 |
Edith B Galt watches as President Wilson address a Joint Session of Congress on Tariff Reform. She can be seen in photos near the clock above the President. |
United States Capitol, Washington, DC
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| 1915/03/18 |
Edith Galt muddies her shoes on a walk through Rock Creek Park with Helen Woodrow Bones. Afterwards, Helen takes Edith to tea at the White House. Helen Bones is President Wilson's first cousin. |
Rock Creek Park Historic District, Washington, DC
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| 1915/03/18 |
Muddy from a walk, Edith Bolling Galt meets President Woodrow Wilson during tea at the White House. Wilson, also muddy, was playing golf but returned early. |
The White House, Washington, DC
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| 1915/05/04 |
Woodrow Wilson's Pierce Arrow brings Mrs Galt to dine at the White House. After diner, they sit on the South Portico unchaperoned. Woodrow tells Edith he loves her and ask her to marry him. She turns him down. |
The White House, Washington, DC
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| 1915/05/05 |
Resting on a rock in Rock Creek, Bones tells Edith that Cousin Wilson looks really ill. Bones burst into tears, "Just as I thought some happiness was coming into his life! And now you are breaking his heart." |
Rock Creek Park Historic District, Washington, DC
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| 1915/05/05 |
Beginning to feel like an "ogre", I can not "consent to something I did not feel." I'm "playing with fire where he was concerned, for his whole nature was intense and did not willingly wait, but that I must have time to know my own heart". - Edith Galt |
Rock Creek Park Historic District, Washington, DC
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| 1915/05/05 |
As Dr Grayson rides by on a horse, Edith burst into tears. When Dr Grayson ask whats wrong, Edith responds that she simply tripped. |
Rock Creek Park Historic District, Washington, DC
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| 1915/12/18 |
Edith Bolling Galt marries President Woodrow Wilson at her home, 1328 Connecticut Ave near Dupont Circle, in Washington, DC (razed). |
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