Woodrow Wilson’s Sheep
President Woodrow Wilson, who was in office from 1913 to 1921 and served as the 28th president, decided to keep some sheep out on the White House lawn. Keeping sheep isn’t the strangest thing in the world on the face of it, but when we learn exactly why he had them, the story becomes a little stranger.
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To keep costs down during World War I, Wilson decided to get some sheep out on the grass as his own natural ‘lawnmowers.’ The sheep grazed away all day, keeping the lawn well-maintained.