IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 500 
Recognizing the 150th anniversary of President Wilson’s birth and com-
mending the Woodrow Wilson House, the Boyhood Home of President 
Woodrow Wilson, the Woodrow Wilson Family Home, Princeton Univer-
sity, and the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library for leading a national 
tribute honoring the legacy of President Wilson. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 6, 2006 
Mr. HOLT (for himself and Mr. GOODLATTE) submitted the following concur-
rent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Government Re-
form 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 150th anniversary of President Wilson’s 
birth and commending the Woodrow Wilson House, the 
Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wilson, the Wood-
row Wilson Family Home, Princeton University, and the 
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library for leading a na-
tional tribute honoring the legacy of President Wilson. 
Whereas Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United 
States, was born 150 years ago and December 28, 2006, 
marks the anniversary of his birth; 
Whereas President Wilson was elected Governor of New Jer-
sey and worked with both parties to reform his State’s 
political system; 
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Whereas President Wilson, while serving as a professor and 
later as its president, helped turn his beloved alma mater 
Princeton into a world-class university; 
Whereas President Wilson was one of the Nation’s most high-
ly educated Presidents, despite an early learning dis-
ability; 
Whereas President Wilson developed a program of progres-
sive reform and played a unique role in the creation of 
the Federal Reserve System; 
Whereas President Wilson exhibited statesmanship and as-
serted international leadership in building a new world 
order; 
Whereas President Wilson proclaimed in 1917 that Ameri-
can’s entrance into World War I was a crusade to make 
the world ‘‘safe for democracy’’; 
Whereas President Wilson drafted his Fourteen Points, which 
were the foundation of the League of Nations; 
Whereas the foundation of the League of Nations was an ac-
complishment which earned President Wilson the Nobel 
Peace Prize; 
Whereas President Wilson’s legacy continues as a world view 
of nations cooperating and working toward peace and 
mutual understanding; and 
Whereas the Woodrow Wilson House in the District of Co-
lumbia; the Boyhood Home of President Woodrow Wil-
son, in Augusta, Georgia; the Woodrow Wilson Family 
Home, in Columbia, South Carolina; the Woodrow Wilson 
School for Public and International Affairs at Princeton 
University, Princeton, New Jersey; and the Woodrow 
Wilson Presidential Library, in Staunton, Virginia, are 
all dedicated to preserving the legacy of President Wilson 
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and promoting greater awareness of President Wilson’s 
public life and ideals for future generations: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress— 
(1) marks this significant anniversary of the 
birth of Woodrow Wilson, President, world states-
man, educator, and peacemaker, for the acknowl-
edgement of the people of the United States; and 
(2) commends the Woodrow Wilson House in 
the District of Columbia and the National Trust for 
Historic Preservation; the Boyhood Home of Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson, in Augusta, Georgia; the 
Woodrow Wilson Family Home, in Columbia, South 
Carolina; the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and 
International 
Affairs 
at 
Princeton 
University, 
Princeton, New Jersey; and the Woodrow Wilson 
Presidential Library, in Staunton, Virginia for their 
leadership efforts in WILSON 150, a national trib-
ute to the legacy of President Wilson. 
Æ 
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