Announcing the Armistice

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
Holograph pencil draft announcement
Manuscript Division
Gift of Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1930 (59.8)

Of the presidents whose papers are housed in the Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson is one of the five who fulfilled the duties of commander in chief during a major American war. Shown here is Wilson's pencil draft on White House stationery of his announcement of the armistice ending World War I on November 11, 1918.