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President Franklin Pierce is said to have had the first indoor Christmas tree at the White House during the 1850s, [1] variously reported as 1853 [2] or 1856. [3] More credible sources state that it was, in fact, President Benjamin Harrison 's who had the first indoor tree (either in 1888, [ 4 ] 1889, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] or 1891 [ 1 ] ).
Although the 1963 tree lighting ceremony was scheduled for December 18, [126] President Kennedy had been assassinated on November 22 and President Johnson declared an official 30-day period of national mourning, thus delaying the lighting of the National Christmas Tree until December 22.
First president to have a lighted Christmas tree at the White House. [25]: 48 First president to have electric lighting installed in the White House. [160] First president to have his voice recorded. [176] First president to create and designate a United States Prehistoric and Cultural Site. [158]
The 2024 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is set to arrive in New York City on Saturday, Nov. 9, and the tree lighting ceremony is scheduled to happen on Wednesday, Dec. 4. This article was ...
FOX News Media will present its fifth annual "All-American Christmas Tree Lighting" on Friday at 5 p.m. ET during a special edition of "The Five."
President Biden, fresh from his trip to Angola, is participating in his final White House Christmas tree lighting ceremony Thursday evening, with less than two months left in office. The ceremony ...
Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857.A northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the nation's unity, he alienated anti-slavery groups by signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act.
U.S. President Joe Biden yells out to the press while departing the 102nd National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the Ellipse on Dec. 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)