This majestic, three-story building stands tall with a rich history. It’s Woodrow Wilson High School in East Dallas. This school was constructed in the Elizabethan style and completed in 1928, just three years after the death of former President Woodrow Wilson. The school holds a special connection to the president. At the cornerstone-laying ceremony in April 1927, a piece of the wedding cake of Woodrow Wilson’s second daughter, Jessie, was included in the cornerstone “in memory of Mr. Wilson.” This building is more than just bricks and mortar; it’s a Dallas Landmark and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. The inscription on this plaque commemorates its designation as a Texas Historic Landmark. The inscription is quite sobering, given the history of our nation and this man. Woodrow Wilson, while a celebrated figure for many, was also a man of his time, whose views on race and racial equality, while perhaps considered the norm for his time, were incredibly flawed by today’s standards. The inscription on the plaque calls Woodrow Wilson simply an “educator, statesman, president,” but it would be remiss not to acknowledge the complex legacy of a man who was a flawed, but powerful, figure in American history.
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