White House Rose Garden: Quick Facts

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Pres. Barack Obama in the Rose Garden, 2015

Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward Finch Cox walk arm in arm down a flower-lined aisle past seated guests in the White House Rose Garden after their wedding ceremony.

White House West Garden, 1913

White House Rose Garden by George Burnap, 1914

Pres. Harry S. Truman and Adm. Chester Nimitz in the Rose Garden, 1945

Distinguished Service Medal Presentation, 1961

White House Rose Garden, 1962

John F. Kennedy, Jr., in the Rose Garden, 1963

John F. Kennedy speaks at a ceremony for Robert J. Collier Trophy, 1963

Rows of colorful tulips and other flowers bloom in the White House Rose Garden, with flowering trees and the Executive Office Building visible in the background.

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