Day 16--More Presidential History

Today we continued on down I-81S and stopped in Stauton to visit some Woodrow Wilson historical sites.  The museum was open, we were between tours of his birth home (which was next door), and his library (appointment only) was on the other side of the museum. 

These two pics are of Wilson's recreated study from Princeton.

It was a little museum, kind of superficial in some ways. There was no mention of the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations or of Wilson's stroke.  They did have some interesting info on his family, including his daughters.  One daughter had been a singer and then had left to join an ashram in India.  I thought that was an interesting move for the time.

They also had a recreated trench from WWI that was kind of neat and Wilson's 1919 Pierce Arrow.

It's a really BIG car and they had an interesting history on it after Wilson died.  It had been neglected for years and then finally restored.  The museum had to buy the lanterns for the car off of Ebay in 1996.

For some reason everything around here is packed--all the hotels and all the eating places (and there aren't many).  Apparently there are three or more major events going on this weekend in this little area.