Change.org - Saving Jackie Kennedy's garden

Former First Lady Jackie Kennedy created the famous rose garden at the White House. She and President Kennedy wanted the White House to have a garden equal to the beautiful ones they had seen in Europe. In 2019, First Lady Melania Trump had almost all trees and foliage removed. Liz started her petition because she wants to see this garden restored, along with Jackie’s legacy. Add your name to ask Dr. Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff to rebuild the garden. Restore Jackie Kennedy’s Rose Garden 1,903 have signed Liz Tapanes’s petition. Let’s get to 2,500!

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In 1961 President and Mrs. Kennedy had just returned from a state visit to France, followed by stops in England and Austria. The President had noted that the White House had no garden equal in quality or attractiveness to the gardens that he had seen and in which he had been entertained in Europe. There he had recognized the importance of gardens surrounding an official residence and their appeal to the sensibilities of all people. To honor Jacqueline Kennedy’s contributions to the White House and its grounds, her immediate successor, First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, renamed the East Garden as the "Jacqueline Kennedy Garden" during a ceremony on 22 April 1965. In 2019, Melania Trump had the cherry trees, a gift from Japan, removed as well as the rest of the foliage and replaced with a boring tribute to herself. Jackie’s legacy was ripped away from Americans who remembered all that the Kennedy’s meant to us.  We want Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff to take this on and restore the Rose Garden to Jackie’s original design.

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