Posted in History, On This Day, tagged charlotte nc, first lady edith wilson, mecklenburg declaration of independence, nc gov locke craig, woodrow wilson on May 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
On this day in 1916: Woodrow Wilson visits Charlotte for Meck Dec Day. “A hearty cheer greeted the president as he left the train, and he smiled warmly and doffed his silk hat in response,” The Observer reports. “Southern crowds are not much on cheering except when ‘Dixie’ is played; they usually prefer to gaze [...]
Posted in On This Day, tagged arden nc, bryn mawr college, edith bolling galt, ellen louise axson, woodrow wilson on June 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On this day in 1885: Woodrow Wilson and the former Ellen Louise Axson, married the previous day in Savannah, Ga., arrive at their honeymoon cottage in Arden. They will spend about two months in the four-room clapboard house while he prepares to begin his teaching career as professor of history at Bryn Mawr College. She [...]
Posted in On This Day, tagged asheville nc, carolina special, gen john j pershing, influenza quarantine, margaret wilson, oteen hospital, woodrow wilson on February 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On this day in 1920: Nearing the end of a national tour, Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the U.S. Army during World War I, arrives in Asheville. Despite an influenza quarantine, hundreds are on hand to see Pershing’s private rail car, attached to the Carolina Special, pull into Biltmore station. During his three-hour stay [...]
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged claude kitchin, tariffs, woodrow wilson, world war i on July 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“An advocate of the two dollar shirt from Scotland Neck, N. C. — that was Claude Kitchin. But he was more as well. In 1901 he came to Congress, where his father had been before him, where one of his brothers (later Governor of North Carolina) then was. In 15 years, by his mastery of [...]
