Works about Woodrow Wilson

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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Woodrow Wilson speak speaks at Congregational Church of Christ at Oberlin. Speaker Congregational Church of Christ Oberlin
Attends services Congregant Church of the Presidents Long Branch
1856/12/28 Thomas Woodrow Wilson is born at home in Staunton, Virginia. Born Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Staunton, VA Woodrow Wilson's Birthday
1858/00/00 Rev Joseph Ruggles Wilson serves as the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Augusta from 1858 to 1870. Faith First Presbyterian Church of Augusta Augusta, GA
1860/00/00 Trustees of the Presbyterian Church offer Rev Dr Wilson a raise and a new Manse. The recently erected house is bought from Aaron H Jones for $10,000. Home Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home Augusta, GA
1860/12/00 Tommy Wilson, standing at the gate of the Manse in Augusta, overhears from two men passing that Lincoln has been elected President and there will be war. Tommy runs inside to ask his father what this means. Life Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home Augusta, GA President-Elect Lincoln's Journey to Washington
1865/05/15 Tommy Wilson watches as Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, is led through the streets of Augusta in chains on his way to Fortress Monroe. Witness Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home Augusta, GA Flight of Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Cabinet
1870/03/31 Robert E Lee spends two nights, 30th and 31st, at the Planter's Hotel at 945 Broad, NW corner of Macartan St (razed). Hundreds pay their respects during the forenoon of 31 March. Visitor Broad Street Historic District Augusta, GA
1872/00/00 Wilson Home, a modified Tuscan villa of unquestionable Andrew J Downing inspiration, is built for the Rev J R Wilson and his family. They will move to Wilmington, North Carolina in 1875. Home Thomas Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home Columbia, SC
1902/06/00 Woodrow Wilson is elected President of Princeton University. He will raise admission standards, remove the "gentleman's C" tradition and reorganize the school in the Preceptorial System, which provides opportunity for individual instruction. Work Princeton University Princeton
1904/00/00 University President Wilson erects an iron fence to protect Prospect's grounds from students. Prospect was Wilson's home from 1903 until 1910. Home Prospect House, Princeton Princeton
1905/00/00 17 Stoneleigh Park is built for William E Tuttle, Congressman and Westfield businessman. Woodrow Wilson, a friend of Tuttle, had his photograph taken in front of this house. Guest Stoneleigh Park Historic District Westfield
1907/00/00 In the Princeton Alumni Weekly, Wilson introduces the Quad Plan which coordinates social and academic life by establishing residential colleges, or quadrangles, for all undergraduates instead of the current freshman and sophomore system. Work Princeton University Princeton
1907/00/00 In the Princeton Alumni Weekly, Wilson introduces the Quad Plan which coordinates social and academic life by establishing residential colleges, or quadrangles, for all undergraduates instead of the current freshman and sophomore system. Work United States Capitol Washington, DC
1910/11/08 Woodrow Wilson is elected governor of the State of New Jersey. Work
1911/11/19 Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey attends services at First Presbyterian during a visit to Augusta for several days. Faith First Presbyterian Church of Augusta Augusta, GA
1911/11/19 Governor Woodrow Wilson has lunch at the Manse with the Rev Dr Joseph R Sevier. Visitor Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home Augusta, GA
1912/07/00 Woodrow Wilson stays at the Belvedere while attending the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore. Candidate The Belvedere and the Owl Bar Baltimore, MD
1913/03/04 Woodrow Wilson serves as the 28th President of the United States, 1913 to 1921 US President White House Executive Residence The White House
1913/11/00 President Woodrow Wilson is entertained at the Battle House Hotel after announcing his corollary to the Monroe Doctrine to delegates to the Southern Commercial Congress. Guest Battle House Royale Mobile
1914/04/00 President and Mrs Woodrow Wilson spend their Easter holiday at The Greenbrier. US President The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs
1914/04/00 President Woodrow Wilson is one of the first golfers to play The Old White TPC at the Greenbrier. US President The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs
1915/03/21 "The Birth of a Nation" is screened at the White House for President Woodrow Wilson. "It's like writing history with lightning." - Woodrow Wilson US President The Birth of a Nation (film) White House Executive Residence The White House
1915/12/18 Beneath a canopy of green, banked with ferns, Scotch heather and orchids, President Woodrow Wilson and Mrs Edith Bolling Galt are married at her home on 20th Street near Dupont Circle, in Washington, DC (razed). Groom Marriage of Edith Bolling Galt and Woodrow Wilson
1915/12/18 President and Mrs Wilson board their private car attached to a special train at Alexandria railroad station at 11:40 PM and soon depart for Hot Springs, Virginia. Groom Alexandria Union Station Alexandria Marriage of Edith Bolling Galt and Woodrow Wilson
1915/12/19 President Woodrow Wilson is accompanied on his honeymoon at the Homestead by the secret service guard and one stenographer. The President will keep in touch with the White House over special telegraph wires. Groom The Homestead Hot Springs Marriage of Edith Bolling Galt and Woodrow Wilson
1916/00/00 Site of Woodrow Wilson's summer residence. Home Woodrow Wilson Hall West Long Branch
1916/00/00 Woodrow Wilson host the "League to Enforce Peace" meetings in the lobby of the Willard Hotel US President Willard Hotel Washington, DC League of Nations
1916/07/04 American Federation of Labor Building dedicated US President American Federation of Labor Building Washington, DC
1916/07/08 After nearly 2 years of negotiation, Woodrow Wilson signs the proclamation setting aside 5,000 acres of Mount Desert Island donated for the purpose, establishing the Sieur de Monts National Monument. US President Acadia National Park Maine
1916/08/25 Woodrow Wilson signs the 'National Park Service Organic Act' creating the National Park Service. US President
1916/10/20 "Chicago Crowds in Riot to Seize Suffragists' Anti-Wilson Banners" - Washington Post US President American Women's Suffrage
1917/04/02 Following the sinking of four American ships, American President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress for a declaration that a state of war existed with Germany Empire. US President
1917/04/13 Woodrow Wilson creates the Committee on Public Information via Executive Order 2594. The committee consisted of George Creel (chairman) and the Secretaries of: State (Robert Lansing), War (Newton D Baker), and the Navy (Josephus Daniels). US President
1918/12/13 On his way to the Paris Peace Conference, President Woodrow Wilson arrives in Brest, France. He sailed on the ocean liner George Washington escorted by ten battleships and twenty-eight destroyers. US President USS ARIZONA Wreck World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument - Hawaii Treaty of Versailles
1918/12/28 Woodrow Wilson celebrates his 62 birthday in London, England. Mr and Mrs Wilson stay at Buckingham Palace where King George V gives Woodrow a present. Visitor Buckingham Palace London
1918/12/29 US President Woodrow Wilson and First Lady Edith stay the night at The Crown and Miter Hotel. Visitor Crown And Mitre Hotel Carlisle
1918/12/29 US President Wilson visits his grandfather's parish. Rev Thomas Woodrow was minister of this church (on another site, small chapel on Annetwell St, demolished 1875-77) from 1820-1835. Visitor Congregational Church Carlisle
1918/12/29 President Woodrow Wilson visits his grandfather's and mother's home. Visitor Cavendish House Carlisle
1919/04/00 Barely able to talk or stand upright, US President Wilson is confined to bed by the flu. "It is a time when an hour lost means the loss of millions of hours to these individuals who are awaiting to begin reconstruction." The Washington Post Health Influenza Pandemic of 1918
1919/06/28 Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. US President Chateau de Versailles Palace and Park of Versailles Treaty of Versailles
1919/09/13 President Woodrow Wilson arrives by train at King Street Station in Seattle, becoming the fifth US President to visit Seattle. US President King Street Station Seattle
1919/09/13 President Wilson spends the night at the New Washington Hotel after giving a speech in support of the Treaty of Versailles to a crowd of 7,000 at The Arena (E side of 5th Ave between Seneca St and University St, demolished). US President New Washington Hotel Seattle
1919/09/18 Wilson speaks at the Greek Theater in Berkeley: I earnestly hope and confidently believe ... of (USA's) sincere adherence to the cause of international friendship by ratifying the several treaties of arbitration awaiting renewal by the Senate. US President Hearst Greek Theatre Berkeley
1919/09/25 During a schedule 8,000 mile, 22 day tour of the United States to promote the creation of the League of Nations, Wilson, suffering from constant headaches, collapses from exhaustion in Pueblo, Colorado. Health Treaty of Versailles
1919/09/25 During a schedule 8,000 mile, 22 day tour of the United States to promote the creation of the League of Nations, Wilson, suffering from constant headaches, collapses from exhaustion in Pueblo, Colorado. Health League of Nations
1919/10/02 Edith Wilson finds the president unconscious on the bathroom floor of their private White House quarters with a cut on his head. Woodrow Wilson had suffered a near-fatal stroke leaving him unable to speak or move. Health White House Private Quarters The White House Treaty of Versailles
1920/00/00 Every day at noon, Woodrow Wilson watches a motion picture in the East Room. Ike Hoover has the staff scour the country that he might have a different picture each time. Woodrow returns to his bedroom at one o'clock for lunch. US President White House East Room The White House
1920/12/14 Though he has not personally seen the S Street residence, Woodrow Wilson surprises Edith by presenting her with the deed. Woodrow will visit the home for the first time on December 15th. Home Woodrow Wilson House Washington, DC
1921/03/00 Until early 1921, Edith Wilson keeps the extent of the President's condition from the press and his opponents by restricting visitors, screening all his work and occasionally forging his signature. US President White House Executive Residence The White House
1921/03/04 After Warren G Harding's inauguration, Mr and Mrs Wilson move into their S Street residence. During the day, Ike Hoover and his staff had moved Woodrow's bedroom from the White House and recreated it in the new home. Home Woodrow Wilson House Washington, DC
1921/11/11 Edith and Woodrow Wilson attend the Armistice Day ceremony preceding the burial of the Unknown Soldier at Atlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Dignitary Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, VA
1922/01/05 Edith and Woodrow make their usual Saturday evening visit to Keith's theater. Plain-clothes men monitor crowds in the street and in the theater. They greet him warmly, which he appreciates. On leaving, his welcome and goodbye are cordial and delightful. Patron Chase's Theater and Riggs Building Washington, DC
1923/11/10 Woodrow Wilson makes a radio address, the first nationwide remote radio broadcast, to the American People from the library of his S Street home. Listeners in New York City can hear the broadcast clearly enough to catch Edith prompting Woodrow. Speaker Woodrow Wilson House Washington, DC Armistice Day
1923/11/11 From the front steps, Wilson addresses more than 20,000 well wishers: I am not one of those that have the least anxiety about the triumph of the principles I have stood for. I have seen fools resist Providence before and I have seen their destruction.... Life Woodrow Wilson House Washington, DC
1924/02/03 The death of Woodrow Wilson ... which occurred at 11:15 o'clock today at his home at Washington ... deprives the country of a most distinguished citizen, and is an event which causes universal and genuine sorrow. - Calvin Coolidge Died Woodrow Wilson House Washington, DC President Woodrow Wilson's Funeral
1924/02/06 Woodrow Wilson's military cortege moves up Massachusetts Ave to the Way of Peace entrance to Bethlehem Chapel on South Drive. Bishop Freeman conducts the formal burial rites in Bethlehem Chapel before 300 mourners. In Memoriam Washington National Cathedral Washington, DC President Woodrow Wilson's Funeral
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