Woodrow Wilson

The 28th President of the United States

March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921

• Woodrow Wilson experienced the Civil War in his youth. Woodrow Wilson was present in Georgia when Union troops entered his town and his mother tended to wounded Confederate soldiers.
• Woodrow Wilson did not learn his letters until he was nine years old and didn't learn to read until he was eleven. His problems with reading might have been due to his eyesight or dyslexia.
• During WWI Woodrow WIlson raised a flock of sheep on the White House lawn. The wool was used to raise money for the Red Cross.