The Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace Museum celebrates the life and legacy of the only Appalachian-born First Lady. Edith Bolling Wilson is sometimes referred to as “the Secret President” due to her involvement in White House affairs in the aftermath of President Woodrow Wilson’s stroke at the height of the First World War. The museum was opened in 2008 in the historic Bolling Building in Downtown Wytheville, Virginia. It is one of two presidential historic sites located on an American Main Street and one of eight museums dedicated to the interpretation of a First Lady. The museum offers tours of the birthplace site and engaging educational programs for audiences of all ages.