PRESIDENT WALKS 600 YARDS WITHOUT LIMPING
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On February 16, 1921, the New York Herald reported that President Woodrow Wilson* "went to the Executive Offices (yesterday) for the first time in seventeen months." He walked 300 yards from the White House and back again "to preside at a regular meeting of the Cabinet."
During the hour and a half meeting, the President remained seated "in the President's chair at the head of the long table."
Although President Wilson had been walking previously, it only amounted to taking a few steps to and from his automobile.
The President is described in the article as walking "very slowly" but with "no noticeable limp." Mr. Wilson appeared to have "aged materially" looking like "an old man."
After two press photographs were taken in the Cabinet Room, Woodrow Wilson held up his hand and said...
"That will be enough."
Thomas Woodrow Wilson served as 28th POTUS (1913-1921). The President suffered a massive stroke on Oct 2 1919 & remained incapacitated from the duration of his term which ended on Mar 4, 1921. The stroke left him partially paralyzed on his left side.
SOURCE
"Wilson With Cane Walks 600 Yards Without Limping," The New York Herald, February 16, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
