Made it to the Woodrow Wilson birthplace which sits on top of the hill in Staunton VA. See view of main street. It's the "manse" that the Presbyterians built for his father who was a minister. They left for GA when he was just 16 months old, but he often came back here because his mother was a great friend of Mary Baldwin who had the Augusta Seminary for Women in town when the Wilson's lived here. It is now Mary Baldwin College. Woodrow's sisters, nieces, etc all went to school here before it was common for women to go on to school so they came back often to visit. All of his grandfathers, father, inlaws were ministers and he didn't believe in Women's sufferage etc. Remember this was the 1850s and the church also "rented" 3 slaves that worked in the house. A little unclear on what the Wilsons did during Civil War. Only said the father was from Ohio and didn't believe in slavery although he had 3 in his house here???? Sort of glossed over and same with his second wife. Only president to have a PhD. His presidential library is here which surprised us because he was president of Princeton but he didn't leave there on a very positive note.
There was a book on presidents and their mothers at the Ike home. I should have bought it. I think there is a lot more to those stories.
We left about 12:30 with Jack feeling sicker and sicker as we went along. Made it to I77 and town of Hillvile VA. Not far from NC border. We will have to see how things go health wise. I started the day miserable but feeling a little better with a couple doses of dayquil.
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