I would not say that he started a tradition, but he had an outdoor tree decorated for Christmas on the White House lawn. It was about 20 years before anymore White House Christmas trees appeared.
Pierce decorated a tree on the White House lawn for a Chistmas tree. He did not have an indoor tree.
A Christmas Tree
Pierce had a tree in the White House lawn decorated for Christmas.
Franklin pierce didn't have a signature campaign slogan. But he was the first president to put a Christmas tree in the white house.
He had a tree in White House lawn decorated for a Christmas Tree.
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was born in a log house in Hillsborough , New Hampshire .
Yes, of course.
Franklin Pierce's White House Hostess.
Franklin Pierce was the 14th president and so was the 13th to live in the White Houise. (The first president did not live in the White House.)
There is no Franklin Pierce library like recent Presidents have. Pierce apparently destroyed most of his White House papers . His house in Concord , New Hampshire and his boyhood home in Hillsborough, NH have been maintained and are open to visitors. The New Hampshire Historical in Concord, NH has a library devoted to NH history `and its director is a recognized authority on Franklin Pierce.
Benjamin Harrison was the first to bring a cut tree into the White House to decorate for Christmas.Franklin Pierce was the first president to have a Christmas tree while he was President. He had a tree on the White House lawn decorated for Christmas.
He supposedly decorated a tree on the White House lawn for a Christmas tree.