With war raging in Europe and his beloved wife Ellen dead, Woodrow Wilson was a lonely and unhappy man. But all of that changed one afternoon in 1915, when the doors of the White House elevator opened ...

Wytheville, Va. (WDBJ) -Next month marks the 151st birthday of Edith Bolling Wilson and the 15th anniversary of the opening of the Birthplace Museum. There are several events coming up to mark these ...

WYTHEVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - Southwest Virginia has been the backdrop to historical events and people including an influential First Lady, Edith Bolling Wilson. Edith Bolling Wilson was born and raised in ...

The First Lady – Edith Bolling Galt Wilson – was born in a second-story apartment in downtown Wytheville, Va., on Oct. 15, 1872. In 1915, she became the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She ...

Have you done your DNA? Years ago, my dad was quite interested in the family history and we did some digging together. Like Elizabeth Warren, there were stories on both my mother’s and father’s sides ...

As Monday marks the day when former President Woodrow Wilson suffered a severe stroke that left him incapacitated until the end of his presidency, it’s time to talk about the alleged, secret “first ...

The Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Foundation and Museum in Wytheville will hold a 150th birthday celebration, “Dinner ‘Wythe’ Edith,” on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 6 p.m. at The Bolling Wilson Hotel ...

WYTHEVILLE — Nestled in far Southwest Virginia is the birthplace of Edith Bolling Wilson, the second wife of America's 28th president and Staunton native, Woodrow Wilson. Restoring the birthplace to ...

The Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum is very fortunate to have four summer interns volunteering to assist the museum this season. Their duties include researching and cataloging the Museum's ...

The Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Foundation in Wytheville has announced new trustees. This isn't political news in the conventional sense. However . . . Edith Bolling Wilson -- aka, Woodrow ...

Of history's many stories of a power behind the throne, one of the most intriguing is that of Edith Wilson, first lady to President Woodrow Wilson. She met and married him in 1915, while he was ...