First lady Melania Trump will deliver her Republican National Convention speech Tuesday night from the garden.
The White House Rose Garden has been spruced up in time for its moment in the campaign spotlight. First lady Melania Trump will deliver her Republican National Convention speech Tuesday night from the garden, famous for its close proximity to the Oval Office. Three weeks of work on the garden, which was done in the spirit of its original 1962 design, were showcased to reporters on Saturday.White House officials said the renovations were paid for by private donations. They declined to reveal the cost of the work. The location of the first lady’s speech will be just one of the ways that the Republican National Convention will break with political norms. Federal rules prohibit the White House from being the setting for expressly political events, a regulation that many presidents have flirted with violating.
