President Woodrow Wilson
Source: Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
President Woodrow Wilson
Source: Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
In 1924 Woodrow Wilson was buried in the crypt of Washington National Cathedral, in Bethlehem Chapel. He is the only president with a grave there. At the time only a portion of the cathedral had ben completed, and Wilson's burial site was intended to be just a temporary resting place.
A new building program in the 1950's included moving Wilson's tomb to the new nave with three stained glass windows highlighting . In 1953, the United Daughters of the Confederacy donated stained glass windows honoring Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Those windows were installed next to the bay in which President Wilson was buried.
After a white supremacist murdered 12 people during a Bible study in Charleston, South Carolina, the Confederate battle flag was removed from the windows. The entire Lee and Jackson windows were replaced in 2023 with new stained glass windows based on a racial justice theme. 1
Source: Washington National Cathedral, National Cathedral Tour: Woodrow Wilson Bay