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62. Wilson was a Confederate

Fri Sep 1, 2017, 04:45 PM

Sep 2017

Most people know that he was President of Princeton, so a northern college professor should be a liberal, right? But it is usually our early beginnings that define us.
Wilson was born in Virginia in 1856, and his family moved to Augusta, GA. His father was a minister and was instrumental in splitting the Presbyterian Church into Northern and Southern factions in 1861. He served as a chaplain in the CSA. In 1870 they moved to Columbia SC for four years, when Woodrow was 14-18 years old and the South was occupied by US troops during the Reconstruction.

If there was any doubt about his loyalties, it should be noted that he arranged for a private screening of "The Birth of a Nation" at the White House. The movie was a celebration of the necessity for and morality of the founding of the KKK. He was probably the most pro-Confederacy President since Jefferson Davis.

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