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Jacqueline Kennedy Garden at White House destroyed to make space for $350m “Epstein Ballroom”

Rob Beschizza
Oct 24, 2025
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The Kennedy Garden in 2023. Photo: U.S. National Park Service / Nathan King

The Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, formerly found outside the White House in Washington, D.C., was designed by architect Beatrix Farrand in 1961 for the then-first lady. Its lines of flowers and ornamental trees brought natural beauty and serenity to the White House’s neat lawns and …

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