Presidential historian Michael Beschloss noted on Saturday that it had been a year since Melania Trump's 'evisceration' of the Rose Garden.
As of Sunday, the petition had just over 81,000 signatures, with a goal of 150,000. the petition passed the 50,000 mark
A view of the recently renovated Rose Garden at the White House on August 22, 2020 in Washington, DC.Tapanes wrote in the petition that Kennedy's legacy was"ripped away" by Trump's redesign. "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," Tapanes wrote.
"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 original design."Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images President Kennedy had wanted the Rose Garden redesigned after being inspired by the gardens he saw during a state visit to France and other stops in Europe in 1961, according to Rachel Lambert Mellon, the late horticulturalist he enlisted to redesign the space.
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