Bill & Hillary Clinton – Flowering Dogwood

Bill Clinton plants a tree at the White House.

Courtesy William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum / NARA

Cornus florida

April 5, 1996

On April 5, 1996, President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton planted a flowering dogwood tree on the South Grounds. The tree is dedicated to the memory of Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, who was killed in a plane crash over Croatia with six U.S. military service members, and 26 other Americans.

 
A small dogwood tree stands apart from a bed of low green plants and trees.
Flowering dogwood (2025)

NPS / Kelsey Graczyk

Bronze plaque labels flowering dogwood Bill & Hillary Clinton 1996.
Flowering dogwood commemorative plaque

NPS / Kelsey Graczyk

Large white dogwood petals in detail.
Flowering dogwood blooms (2025)

NPS / Nathan King

A small dogwood tree with leaves beginning to turn red in front of a much larger tree near the White House.
Flowering dogwood (2023)

NPS / Kelsey Graczyk

 

 

Last updated: May 30, 2025

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