Collection The Kennedy Rose Garden
It's hard to imagine that it was something as casual as a lunch conversation between a newly elected president and...
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Edith Kermit Roosevelt’s “colonial” garden, c. 1903. The paisley shaped flower beds framed by low boxwood abounded in old-fashioned flowers, Johnny-jumpups, daisies, and wildflowers that Mrs. Roosevelt and her friends gathered on walks in the country. Inspired by the popularity of “old times” in houses and gardens, the colonial garden’s charms were as a private place to sit and read, walk, and look down upon from the dining room windows and West Terrace. Mrs. Roosevelt’s intimate attention to this garden qualifies her as the first gardener among the first ladies.
It's hard to imagine that it was something as casual as a lunch conversation between a newly elected president and...
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Today's White House grounds are a site to behold. What started as 85 acres of land chosen by George Washington, was...
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1953: President Truman's last speech as president.
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