Herbert Hoover Commemorative – White Oak

President Hoover and his prized Belgian police dog, King Tut.

Library of Congress

Quercus alba

December 21, 1931

United States Congressman Maurice H. Thatcher of Kentucky planted this white oak tree on the southern panel of the South Grounds as a commemorative tree for President Herbert C. Hoover on December 21, 1931. The tree also honors President Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) and came from Lincoln’s birthplace, a farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky. His birthplace is now a National Park Service National Historic Site.

 

Abraham Lincoln

Library of Congress

 

White Oak (2023)

NPS / Kelsey Graczyk

 

White House

Commemorative Tree Plantings