White House Christmas tree Henry Hoover began the tradition of presidential wives decorating the White House tree with the first "official" White House Christmas tree in 1929. In 1961 First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy began the tradition of selecting a theme for the White House Christmas tree by decorating with a Nutcracker motif. As stated, there were years where no indoor White House Christmas tree was installed at all. It is verifiable that there was no Christmas tree in the White House in 1902, 1904, 1907, and 1922. The lack of a tree in 1902 was due to the fact that President Theodore Roosevelt had
Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, Franklin Pierce also operates the College of Graduate and Professional Studies, which has four campuses: three in New Hampshire (Manchester, Portsmouth, and Lebanon) and another campus in Goodyear, Arizona. Franklin Pierce offers 24 varsity sports which compete at the NCAA Division II level and compete in the Northeast-10 Conference. Those programs include Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Field Hockey, Men's and Women's Golf, Men's and Women's Ice Hockey, Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Women's Rowing, Men's and Women's Soccer, Softball, Sprint Football, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Track and Field, and Women's