| Page Views: 1,817 Last Visit to Staunton: October, 2004 | Charming, little pearl of the Shenandoah Valley by matcrazy1 - last update: Sep 13, 2006 |
Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton! Staunton, a city of 24,000 people in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, is placed on hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The city was originally named Augusta Courthouse and was the westernmost courthouse in British North America prior to the American Revolution 1776. It's best known as the birthplace of Woodrow Wilson but I was lucky to find a bit more in this extremely picturesque corner of our world.
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| WOODROW WILSON BIRTHPLACE |
He was born in this house! Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born on December 28, 1856 in Staunton, Virginia to the Reverend Joseph Ruggles Wilson and his wife Janet (Jessie) Woodrow Wilson. It happened in this brick house in my picture - the Staunton Presbyterian Manse. His family moved to Augusta, Georgia when he was 11 months old.
He was 28th President of the USA in 1913-1921 and founder of the League of Nations. In Europe he is most known as top politician working on Treaty of Versailles 1919, the peace treaty which officially ended World War I. This treaty confirmed independance for my country, Poland after over 100 years of being divided into Germany, Austria and Russia. Point 13 of Wilson's Fourteen Points said: "The establishment of an independent Poland with access to the sea." So, I simply had to visit Wilson's birthplace. |
| STAUNTON HISTORIC DOWNTOWN |
Charming historic downtown! |
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| Pros: | "Little, old, charming and very picturesque city; fog :-)" | | Cons: | "Fog :-)" | | In A Nutshell: | "Go when US historical movies are filmed" |
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traveldave Mon Mar 5, 2007 20:14 UTC
I never knew where Woodrow Wilson was born. Looks like a pleasant little town. | kyoub Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:29 UTC
That sounds scary to be in the mountains during very thick fog conditions. I was surprised that the soup was so good! | globetrott Sun Sep 24, 2006 05:43 UTC
the buildings in the historic district look great ! | acemj Thu Sep 21, 2006 01:18 UTC
I can't believe that was the best soup you had in the USA! ;-) |
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