Season 1, Episode 28-Woodrow Wilson and Staunton

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Season 1, Episode 28: Woodrow Wilson and Staunton

Our final trip to the Cradle of the Presidency, to Woodrow Wilson’s birthplace in Staunton, Virginia. A man who believed wholly in his own destiny, for better and for worse, listen to his childhood and what happened to his birthplace!

The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum, next to the birthplace.

The Museum’s page on the Birthplace.

Virtual Tour of the Birthplace!

Be sure to listen to Woodrow Wilson’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 2, Woodrow Wilson and Washington, D.C.“ on his home!

Also, be sure to listen to Woodrow Wilson’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 3, “Woodrow Wilson’s Tomb” on his gravesite!

From My May 2017 Visit!

From My June 2023 Visit!

The Woodrow Wilson Museum

Postcard of the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace.
The house stayed remarkably consistent
Woodrow Wilson Portrait by F. Graham Cootes

Woodrow Wilson Birthplace: 20 N. Coalter Street, Staunton, VA.

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