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who have lighted the National Christmas Tree Calvin Coolidge 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 Herbert C. Hoover 1929, 1930, 1931 Charles Curtis 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1942 Spoke from Hyde Park, N.Y., 1943-1944 Harry S. Truman 1945-1950 From Independence, Mo.; 1951 and 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953, 1954 From Gettysburg, Pa., 1955-1960 Lyndon B. Johnson 1961 John F. Kennedy 1962 Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1968 Richard M. Nixon 1969, 1970, 1973 Spiro T. Agnew 1971, 1972 Gerald R. Ford 1974, 1975, 1976 Jimmy Carter 1977, 1978 In 1979 and in 1980, only the main ornament was lighted because of the American hostages in Iran. The tree was fully lighted on Inaugural Day, (Ronald Reagan) Jan. 20 1981, when the hostages were released and their homebound aircraft had cleared Iranian airspace. Ronald Reagan 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 George Bush 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 Bill Clinton 1993, 1994 |
