Smithsonian Archives
President Wilson's Sheep at White House
Gruber, Martin A · 1919
During World War I, Woodrow and Edith Wilson kept a flock of sheep on the White House grounds to save costs to cut the grass. The wool was also auctioned off to raise money for the Red Cross.
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