Woodrow Wilson's Sheep
Item
- Item sets
- Mall Histories
- Title
- Woodrow Wilson's Sheep
- Date
- 1917
- Description
- During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson had flocks of sheep on the White House lawn. Although previous presidents had kept farm animals as pets, these sheep were part of a Presidential initiative to support the war effort. The sheep grazed on lawns as a way of lowering groundskeeping costs. When the sheep were sheared, their wool was auctioned off to help raise money for the Red Cross, totaling $52,823 by the end of the war.
- Source
- National Archives, via Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library. View original.
- Coverage
- 1890-1919
- Transcription
- no sound.
- Duration
- 17 s.
Item: Woodrow Wilson's Sheep