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Show " \ = , , ' WHITE 'VHITE VHITE HOUSE TREES . In the ' White 'Vhite Vhite House grounds in Washington Washmgton ar are area are a number numbe1 . of oftrees oftrees oftrees trees planted by former fonner presidents preS'ldents preSldents ' and their wives , some of wh whichinteresting which whch whichiave ch ch.have .have have . . iave interesting mteresting histories hlstodes , the oldest being an elm planted by byPresident byPresident byPresident President John Quincy Adams . There are some elms planted by Presidents JRutherford Rutherford B B.Hayes BHayes . Hayes andVoodrow and " \ Woodrow \Voodrow Voodrow Wilson ; ; a sweet gum by President PreS1dent Benjamin BenjaminI BenjaminHarrison BenjaminHarrison BenjaminHarrison I Harrison , oaks by Presidents William McKinley and Theodore TheodoreRoosevelt TheodoreRoosevelt TheodoreRoosevelt Roosevelt , a beech by President Roosevelt , Japanese cherry by byMrs byMrs byMrs Mrs . Taft , magnolia by Mrs . Harding , and a birch b1rch by Mrs . Codlidge Coolidge . Among all an these trees the one with the most interesting ori- ori origin origin ori origin - gin is the Roosevelt oak . It grew from an acom acorn of an oak in the thegrounds thegrounds thegrounds grounds . of .of the palace of the former Czar of Russia RusS'la RusSla ' in St . Peters Peters- Petersburg Petersburg Petersburg - burg , which had grown grow'll growll ' from an acorn of an oak which stood over over'Vashmgton's overWashington's overWashingtons 'Vashmgton's Vashmgtons tashington's tashingtons ' ' ' original tomb at : Mount Vernon . The acom acorn from fromMount fromMount fromMount : Mount Vemon Vernon was sent to the Czar by Senator SenaJtor Charles Sumner Sumnerof of : Massachusetts . : Many changes have been made in and about the White House Housesince Housefrince since ince it was first fll"st fllst " occupied by President l'resldent lresldent ' Adams in 1800 . The house houseItself houseitself houseitself Itself has undergone much remodeling remodelmg and the grounds have been been1mploved beenimproved beenimpioved 1mploved improved and beautified in many ways , among which the tree treeplanting treeplanting I IJlanbng planting refeired referred to has been an important featuie featule feature . ' In fact , the home of our presidents was not known knon , , as the theVhlte theWhite theWhite \Vhlte Vhlte White \ House in m the beginning begmmng , because it 1t was built bmlt of grey sand sand- sand-I sand I sandIstone sandstone sandstone - stone It was only onl onI ) painted pamted white whlte after being bemg burne d by the theBlJ theBiltish theButish BlJ Biltish Jsh . , , who captured Washington Washmgton during durmg the War of 1812 . |