Bill & Hillary Clinton – Ruth Ellen Dogwood

Bill and Hillary Clinton plant a tree amid a bed of English ivy.

Courtesy William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum / NARA

Cornus x rutgersensis ‘Ruth Ellen’

April 23, 1995

Before leaving for a memorial service in Oklahoma City, President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton planted a Ruth Ellen dogwood tree on the east side of South Grounds on April 23,1995. The tree is dedicated in memory of the victims of a terrorist bombing on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building that killed 168 individuals and injured more than 500.

 
A small dogwood tree overshadowed by a larger tree.
Ruth Ellen Dogwood (2023)

NPS / Kelsey Graczyk

 

 

Last updated: March 18, 2025

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