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WASHINGTON -- George Washington has his soaring monument, and Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln have their grand memorials. But there's only one presidential museum in the nation's capital, and it belongs to Woodrow Wilson, the former New Jersey governor and president of Princeton University.
The museum, Wilson's stately Georgian mansion, is a history buff's dream. The house remains the way it was when Wilson lived there after he left the White House, and he died in his bed there in 1924. The 8-foot bed, with its original horse-hair mattress, is just one of many items visitors are allowed to see in the house.See the full content of this document
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Presidential Abode
Wilson is also the only president buried in Washington. His body is entombed in the National Cathedral, not far from his home on S Street in the northwest part of the city.
The four-story, 10,000-square-foot home showcases Wilson's personal side -- his devotion to his family, his lov...See the full content of this document
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