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Tag: Woodrow Wilson

Photo: a cake to celebrate Mother's Day

This Day in History: Mother’s Day Became a U.S. Holiday

By Tony Pettinato on May 9, 2023

An article about President Woodrow Wilson signing a proclamation on 9 May 1914, establishing the second Sunday in May as “Mother’s Day” in the U.S... (Read More)

Illustration: official presidential portrait of Woodrow Wilson, by Frank Graham Cootes, 1913. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Another President Stricken during a Pandemic: Woodrow Wilson & the Spanish Flu

By Jane Cook on October 20, 2020

In this article, Jane Hampton Cook searches old newspapers to learn about another president stricken during a pandemic: Woodrow Wilson... (Read More)

Photo: American soldiers at the front during WWI, c. 1918. Credit: Flickr: The Commons.

On This Day: President Wilson Asked Congress to Declare War on Germany

By Tony Pettinato on April 2, 2019

An article about President Woodrow Wilson asking Congress to declare a state of war with Germany on 2 April 1917, entering the U.S. into WWI... (Read More)

Illustration: portrait of Pocahontas engraved by Simon van de Passe in 1616. It is the only known representation of her made during her lifetime. Credit: National Portrait Gallery; Wikimedia Commons.

First Lady Edith Wilson & Her Ancestor Pocahontas

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 13, 2013

Edith Galt Wilson was a presidential wife with Native American ancestry: she was a descendant of Pocahontas... (Read More)

Remembering James Dean, Woody Guthrie & Janis Joplin with Newspapers

By Scott Phillips on October 2, 2013

Scott Phillips looks up news stories in old newspapers to learn more about these three famous entertainers who died this week in American history... (Read More)


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