Warren G. Harding Commemorative – Southern Magnolia

President Harding and his Airedale terrier Laddie Boy on the White House Grounds.

Library of Congress

Magnolia grandiflora

1947

First Lady Florence Harding planted a southern magnolia tree northeast of the entrance to the original 1902 East Wing area on March 29, 1922. The tree was replanted in 1947 and later redesignated as a commemorative tree for President Warren G. Harding in the mid-1950s.

 

First Lady Florence Harding at the 1922 planting ceremony.

Library of Congress

 

Southern Magnolia (2023)

NPS / Kelsey Graczyk

 

White House

Commemorative Tree Plantings