Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library hosts virtual birthday celebration
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library hosts virtual birthday celebration By Tara Todd | December 28, 2020 at 8:59 PM EST - Updated December 29 at 9:45 AM
STAUNTON, Va. (WVIR) - Monday would have been Woodrow Wilson’s 164th birthday. Usually, on this day, the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum opens its doors to the public for a free open house and tours of Wilson’s birthplace. Except this year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the museum hosted a virtual birthday celebration.
President Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton on December 28, 1856. The museum celebrated the occasion with a virtual talk about Wilson’s 1912 visit.