Though I did not know it then, President John F. Kennedy was leaving the White House for the last time as he walked to a military helicopter on the South Lawn to begin his Texas trip on Nov. 21, 1963.

FILE - President Ronald Reagan is pulled along by his pet dog Lucky, while he and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher take a stroll in the White House Rose Garden, Feb. 20, 1985 in Washington.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s paved makeover of the White House’s Rose Garden appears to be nearly finished. The garden’s previously grassy lawn was fully cover… ...