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The President Woodrow Wilson House

The President Woodrow Wilson House is the home to which President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson lived after leaving the White House in 1921. Open to the public since 1963, the Woodrow Wilson House is decorated much as it was when President Wilson lived here, replete with his art, photographs, furniture, gifts

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The Language of Love: 7 Stories of Connection at Historic Sites

Love is a tale as old as time. We asked our Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios (HAHS) program sites and our National Trust Historic Sites to share their most compelling love letters. From artists inspired by their partners to White House courtships, here are seven stories of love, connection, and creativity. While we feature

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100 Years and Counting: The Woodrow Wilson House Looks to the Future

Just over 100 years ago, in March 1921, following the inauguration of Warren G. Harding as the 29th president of the United States, the outgoing President Woodrow Wilson and his wife, Edith, retired from the White House into their new home in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Today the

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Holiday Shopping at Historic Sites: 2021 Gift Guide

As we near the bright and bustling holiday season, here are some highlights from the National Trust's Historic Sites' online shops for you to explore. From reproduced Bauhaus ornaments to motorized subway sets, repurposed keys from antique typewriters to copper-encased leaves and branches from the grounds of the Edith Farnsworth House, the

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“The King’s Game”: The Story Behind a Unique Piece of Baseball (and Presidential) History

In Washington, D.C., home to The President Woodrow Wilson House, baseball fever has swept the city. The local team, the Washington Nationals, are advancing to the World Series for the first time in modern franchise history, and it’s the first World Series involving a Washington team since 1933. Wilson House Executive

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Suffrage Outside: President Woodrow Wilson House Marks the 19th Amendment at 100

When the COVID-19 pandemic closed the President Woodrow Wilson House doors in the spring of 2020, we looked beyond the walls of our historic building for new ways to tell our story. With the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment fast approaching, staff needed to quickly pivot the ways

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It’s All Fun and Games at the President Woodrow Wilson House

At the President Woodrow Wilson House's Vintage Game Night guests can enjoy 1920s-era board games, croquet in the garden (weather permitting), and locally-brewed beer. It’s not every day you can party at a president’s house. But at the President Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, D.C.’s Kalorama neighborhood, things get rowdy the

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The Places that Shaped Woodrow Wilson: A Conversation with Biographer A. Scott Berg

A. Scott Berg is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner who has made a career out of chronicling the lives of famous Americans like Charles Lindbergh and Katharine Hepburn. His latest and possibly most ambitious biography, Wilson -- released on September 10 ($40, G.P. Putnam’s Sons) -- brings a

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