Historic Columbia Foundation will host a discussion on President Woodrow Wilson’s health and its impact on the Treaty at Versailles during our next Hungry for History series.

Guest speaker, Dr. Jim Toole, professor of neurology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, will discuss the impact multiple strokes played on Woodrow Wilson’s ability to lead the United States through the final stages of World War I and the Treaty of Versailles.  Could the 28th President fully function as the first modern world statesman?  Was the Second World War that followed a generation later avoidable?  These and other issues will be discussed as this acclaimed professor of neurology tracks the path of Wilson’s presidency in the wake of physical and metal incapacitation. 

Hungry for History is a quarterly lecture series where guests have an opportunity to view some of Historic Columbia Foundation’s artifact collections and engage in lively discussions about Columbia’s historic house museums.