‘Bitter and sectional… fearless and brilliant’
“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...
View ArticlePresident’s daughter seeks lost voice in Asheville
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...
View ArticleWoodrow Wilson’s honeymoon hideaway
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...
View ArticleWhile Charlotte mayor lectures, President Wilson swelters
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...
View ArticlePastor’s complaint: ‘They want a gad-about gossip’
On this day in 1882: Presbyterian minister Joseph Wilson, father of Woodrow Wilson, laments in a letter to his son the demands of his latest flock: “My work here in Wilmington seems to be done, and I...
View ArticleDebunking Wilson’s rave for ‘The Birth of a Nation’
“On February 18 [1915] Wilson and his daughters and his Cabinet gathered in the East Room for the first running of a motion picture in the White House [“The Clansman,” later retitled “The Birth of a...
View Article‘Bitter and sectional… fearless and brilliant’
“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...
View ArticlePresident’s daughter seeks lost voice in Asheville
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...
View ArticleWoodrow Wilson’s honeymoon hideaway
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...
View ArticleWhile Charlotte mayor lectures, President Wilson swelters
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...
View ArticlePastor’s complaint: ‘They want a gad-about gossip’
On this day in 1882: Presbyterian minister Joseph Wilson, father of Woodrow Wilson, laments in a letter to his son the demands of his latest flock: “My work here in Wilmington seems to be done, and I...
View ArticleDebunking Wilson’s rave for ‘The Birth of a Nation’
“On February 18 [1915] Wilson and his daughters and his Cabinet gathered in the East Room for the first running of a motion picture in the White House [“The Clansman,” later retitled “The Birth of a...
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