Wilson issued his Fourteen Points for Peace in
January of 1918. By November of that same year,
the terms of the Armistice had been drawn up and
hostilities ceased. In achieving victory Wilson
met his chief war goal: Peace!

As a war president Woodrow Wilson led the
nation from the point of preparedness to victory
in a mere eighteen months, securing his place in
history as well as in the hearts of a generation.

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After the Germans signed the Armistice in
November 1918, Wilson went to Paris to try to
build an enduring peace. He later presented
to the Senate the Versailles Treaty, containing
the Covenant of the League of Nations, and asked,
"Dare we reject it and break the heart of the world?"

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The Big Four after signing the Treaty.
June 28, 1919.

Left to right:
Britain's Prime Minister, David LLoyd George,
Italy's Premier, Vittorio Orlando,
France's Premier, Georges Clemenceau, and
President Woodrow Wilson.

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At the Peace conference, Wilson moved the
seat of the Presidency to Paris, for six month's,
while he commanded the attention of the World,
drawing up terms of peace and laying out his
his design for a League of Nations, a world body
to settle future conflicts among nations.

An aerial view of Paris.

And what about this?

Paris Town Hall.

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Wilson commanded a presence on the world
stage that no other American president
had ever achieved.

He was the first American to be received
at Buckingham Palace.

Royal Palace.

The first to have Christmas Dinner with
American troops on foriegn soil.

The United States had become a superpower,
and Wilson, who had earned the respect of the
world, was ready to bear the responsibility
of our nation's new status.

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September 1919, he tours nationwide,
campaigning for ratification of the treaty and
League of Nations.

Becomes ill, abandons his tour, and returns
to Washington. where he suffered a stroke which
left him physically and politically crippled.

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1920..After a hiatus in the awarding of the
Nobel Peace Prize during WW1, nominations were
called for in 1920. Letters of support for
Woodrow Wilson poured in from Nominating
Committies all over the world for the award to be
given to the founder of the League of Nations.

In December 1920 Woodrow Wilson was awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 1919.
Unable to travel to Christiana to receive the
prize, Wilson cabled his remarks to the
American Minister to Norway.

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The man in the tophat was an inspiration to
a generation of new political thinkers.
Among his greatest legacies to the twentieth
century were the people whom he inspired to public service.
Wilson embodied the forward-looking vision
that was the essence of the era of
Progresses Reform.