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