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Woodrow Wilson’s Reading Cards, 1913 (a)

Woodrow Wilson’s Reading Cards, 1913 (a)

 
Woodrow Wilson’s Reading Cards, 1913 (a) Woodrow Wilson’s Reading Cards, 1913 (b) Woodrow Wilson’s Reading Cards, 1913 (Message)

Woodrow Wilson’s Reading Cards, 1913

President Wilson used these cards when he addressed a joint session of Congress in 1913. Every seat in the House Chamber was taken. Wilson's speech broke a century-old tradition that presidents did not speak to the Congress in person.

Manuscript Division, Library of Congress

 
History of Congress and the Capitol