Melania Trump – Pin Oak

Courtesy Donald J. Trump Presidential Library and Museum / NARA

Quercus palustris

August 27, 2018

First Lady Melania Trump planted a pin oak tree on the lower east side of the South Grounds center panel on August 27, 2018. The First Lady was helped by Richard Emory Gatchell, Jr., a fifth-generation grandson to President James Monroe (1817-1825) and Mary Jean Eisenhower, granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961). This pin oak tree commemorates all presidential families and their contributions to the United States.

 

Pin oak (center) (2024)

NPS / Kelsey Graczyk

 

White House

Commemorative Tree Plantings

 

Commemorative Tree Plantings and Gardens at the White House and President's Park

This map shows locations of a wide variety of trees planted by and in honor of presidents of the United States and first ladies from the 1800s to today. The trees are located throughout the grounds surrounding the White House. Several gardens are also on the White House grounds.