Warren G. Harding Commemorative – Southern Magnolia

Warren Harding in the White House gardens with a large shaggy dog.
President Harding and his Airedale terrier Laddie Boy on the White House Grounds.

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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.

 
Florence Harding, in a fur coat and large, ornate hat, poses with a shovel in front of the Treasury Building near a White House gate.
First Lady Florence Harding at the 1922 planting ceremony.

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A stout, leafy, round-shaped magnolia tree with branches touching the ground near the East Wing.
Southern Magnolia (2023)

NPS / Kelsey Graczyk

 

 

Last updated: March 18, 2025

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