but when edith wilson -- wilson went on to live there for three years, he died in 1924 in this house, edith wilson went on to live in this house for another 37 years. so, in fact, having lived in the house for close to, you know, 40 years, she really did -- she put a stamp on what the house would be, and she bequeathed it to the national trust for historic preservation upon her death in 1961. and it was opened to the public in 1963 and became really an official, officially a historic house and i museum in 196 a 5. her letters of bequeathment refer to it as being a shrine to woodrow wilson, and so we struggle with that because we're not really a shrine any longer. we talk about it as being a place where we can talk freely about his legacy and the legacy that he's left. and legacy, i think, is a much richer word. you can -- it describes both things that are positive and negative, the consequences and the results of some of the legislation in the parts of his administration that today we're realizing what that legacy is actually leaving, such consequences of that legacy. the house itself

but you, know this is really a story about woodrow wilson and we probably would not change it to the edith and woodrow wilson house. but it's a discussion and it's interesting. >> well it may serve other purposes also, it goes without saying that changing into the edith and woodrow wilson house would not in any way to mitigate the problem with race. >> not at all, not at all. it just compounds it. >> it would just compound that, yes, exactly. >> -- i know that what used to be the which are wilson home in south carolina has done an excellent job. they are now the museum of reconstruction, because they are telling a fuller story about what life was like during that. so, that is an opportunity for a museum such as they to do something like that. to pivot on their mission, and i think they are doing wonderful work down there as well. i do want to highlight that it can be done. i just think, for us, with our mission of life sometimes that changes it. >> right. the reason i bring up the question is because i think it's one that, at least i can imagine, which are wilson saying it should be the pe