Restore Jackie Kennedy's Rose Garden

In 1961 President and Mrs. Kennedy had just returned from a state visit to France, followed by stops in England and Austria. The President had noted that the White House had no garden equal in quality or attractiveness to the gardens that he had seen and in which he had been entertained in Europe. There he had recognized the importance of gardens surrounding an official residence and their appeal to the sensibilities of all people. To honor Jacqueline Kennedy's contributions to the White House and its grounds, her immediate successor, First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, renamed the East Garden as the "Jacqueline Kennedy Garden" during a ceremony on 22 April 1965.

In 2019, Melania Trump had the cherry trees, a gift from Japan, removed as well as the rest of the foliage and replaced with a boring tribute to herself. Jackie's legacy was ripped away from Americans who remembered all that the Kennedy's meant to us. We want Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff to take this on and restore the Rose Garden to Jackie's oriiginal design.

https://www.change.org/p/dr-jill-biden-restore-jackie-kennedy-s-rose-garden

Nope.

The garden was not created by the Kennedys. It was created by Mrs. Wilson, and the Kennedys did some renovations. You might as well demand that it be restored to Mrs. Wilson's vision.

And do you want to remove the improvements to accessibility created compliance with the ADA?

It's apparent that the only reason for this petition is that people don't like the Trumps. Which is fine, I don't either, but that's not the issue.

By the way, did you read the report that resulted in the changes? I'll bet not, but here's a link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/m5s4mex64sq0glf/White-House-Rose-Garden-Landscape-Repo...

Besides, the trees that were moved were not cherry trees, but crab apples.