Participants of the walk will have the opportunity to visit the home of the 28th President, free of charge!
Our monthly game night is the perfect mid-week happy hour for history/museum/board game enthusiasts! The opening is being held in conjunction with First Friday Dupont, a monthly gallery open house. 6pm – 8pm. To visit Wilson House, just drive around the signs that say CLOSED TO THROUGH TRAFFIC. The museum will be open after general admission hours, with game tables and snacks spread throughout the house. As part of our centennial commemoration of WWI, blogger and author of Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry, Cathy Barrow demonstrates canning with practical tips on modern food preservation right in our historic kitchen. Elizabeth Karcher, executive director of the Woodrow Wilson House, at the new exhibit, “Suffrage Outside: The 19th Amendment at 100.” When the … SOLD OUT – November 8 & 9, 2019

Ronalda Reagana. Celebrate the season with this special Holiday open house at three of Washington’s most beautiful historic homes: Anderson House, Dumbarton House, and the President Woodrow Wilson House. The Woodrow Wilson House was the residence of the Twenty-Eighth President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson after he left office. Come learn about the history of food preservation during the WWI era, take home some delicious recipes and a tasty sample jar from the day’s demonstration! Additional Vintage Game Nights:   Dec // Feb // Mar, Presidential Playground Package: Tour & VGN. Join author Eric S. Yellin for the next installment in our Tuesday Speaker Series. Edith bequeathed the property and all of its original furnishings to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Free. It wasn’t only rallies and picket signs that gained women the exposure and power that led them to the vote.

Booktalk: “Larz and Isabel Anderson; Wealth and Celebrity in the Gilded Age”. Or park in the garage, a $9 flat rate on Saturdays. Please reserve tickets in advance. Theatre & Conversation: In Flanders Fields. Step back in time for an exclusive evening at the Presidential home of Woodrow Wilson. Ticketed event, $40 in advance. Commemorate the 100th anniversary of Prohibition in DC in style at our extra special Vintage Game Night with live music by the Foggy Bottom Whomp Stompers, an expanded food selection, and a rare glimpse of the historic wine cellar. Dr. Arica Coleman, “That the Blood Stay Pure”

During the height of Reconstruction, Woodrow Wilson's parents built this house, the only one they would ever own. We'll supply croquet, bocce and ring toss, you bring your own board games to play with members of your 'bubble'. Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Colonial Revival architecture in Washington, D.C. Georgian Revival architecture in Washington, D.C. The President Woodrow Wilson House is the home to which President and Mrs. Wilson retired from the White House in 1921. A century later, we ask “Why?”  What were the origins of the Great War that forever changed the world? Joel Danies is the United States Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic and the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe. Join us for a WWI panel discussion on the unexpected social changes precipitated by the Great War. Woodrow & Edith Wilson’s 100th Wedding Anniversary. The war ended before any ships were put into service and hundreds were simply scrapped in the Bay. No reservation required. Using vivid accounts of the struggles and protests of African American government employees, Yellin reveals the racism at the heart of the era's reform politics. To kolejny powód, dla którego jest tak wyjątkowy! Each beautifully trimmed house will feature a historic cocktail unique to the site. The home was originally built as a private residence of Henry Parker Fairbanks, an executive of the Bigelow Carpet Company. In later years, various relatives of Mrs. Wilson lived with her at different times. takes us “back to the future” in this work-in-development, unveiling the ideas behind a play written in 1920 by Czech playwright Karel Čapek, who introduced the word “robot” to the world. A’Lelia Bundles will discuss the experience of African-American soldiers during WWI at an evening presentation at the President Woodrow Wilson House. The Woodrow Wilson House, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, opened to the public as a museum in 1963. This event was supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Vintage attire inspired by African American early 20th century music encouraged. President Wilson made a radio address to the American People from The House on November 11, 1923, the fifth anniversary of Armistice Day – the first nationwide remote radio broadcast.

Additional Vintage Game Nights:  December 2, February 3. The tour includes the residence of the Ambassador of Austria, the recently renovated Embassy of Portugal, the Embassy of Slovenia and several private homes. Reception with Light Refreshments to follow. 6pm VIP Reception Authors Garret Peck discusses his new book The Great War in America: WWI and its Aftermath with Don Shomette (The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay), moderated by Edwin Fountain, Vice Chair of the United States World War One Centennial Commission, touching on the Red Scare, race riots, women’s suffrage, the labor movement and Prohibition. Play vintage games from the 1920s, 30s and 40s inside the authentically furnished home of our 28th President. Step back in time for a vintage garden soiree and experience the excitement of the 1920s dancing under the stars to live jazz of the period. Join representatives from the U.S. military services for a ceremonial wreath laying to mark the anniversary of Wilson’s birth. President Wilson lived here until his death in 1924, and Mrs. (Edith) Wilson lived in the home until her death in 1961, at which time she bequeathed the home and its furnishings to the National Trust for Historic Preservation to serve as a monument to President Wilson. Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman present their four-book series "Queens of the Resistance" celebrating the life and accomplishments of four different influential woman in Congress: Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Elizabeth Warren. Photo credits: left: Susan Biddle; right: Samer Farha. For information on other museums in the area, visit the Dupont Kalorama Museum Consortium. Light Refreshments. third building from the corner. Tuesday, July 14 The walking tour begins at 5pm at Dupont Circle Fountain and ends at the Woodrow Wilson House around 6:15pm. President Wilson is the only President to have made Washington his permanent home following his term in office. Additional Vintage Game Nights:   Oct // Nov // Dec, Ticketed event, $15.

The walking tour begins at 6pm in Dupont Circle and ends at the Woodrow Wilson House at 7pm. The discussion will be moderated by Ariel Shelton of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and include a poetry reading by E. Ethelbert Miller. Opening Reception for Evolving Elections Exhibition. The work both celebrates and examines critically the promise of industrialization and technology that was envisioned in the time of the very modern “Electric President” Wilson. Wreath-Laying at President Wilson’s Tomb, Washington National Cathedral. Enjoy a specialty cocktail with light appetizers. Byliśmy ogromnie zaskoczeni i zadowoleni z Domu, który ma oryginalne meble, dywany, Chiny, portrety itp. Dupont Circle (Red Line) is the nearest Metro Stop.