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Submitted: 11/17/17 • Approved: 11/17/17 • Last Updated: 6/10/20 • R29519-G29518-S3
In Memory of
Edith Bolling Wilson
October 15, 1872 - December 28, 1961
Born and raised in Wytheville, she was
first married in 1896 at St. John's
Episcopal Church to Norman Galt,
a Washington D. C. jeweler who
died in 1908. Married to U.S.
President Woodrow Wilson in 1915,
Edith became one of the most
politically significant women of
the 20th century when she acted on
behalf of the President after he
suffered a stroke in 1919. She is
the only first lady buried in the
National Cathedral in Washington D. C.
Her last visit to Wytheville was on
April 26, 1960 to dedicate stained
glass windows at St. John's to
her parents memory.
Erected 1963
Contributed on 11/17/17 by jshuck
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