Overview

• On July 3, the first lady joined young patients for Fourth of July–themed arts and crafts in the hospital’s Garden Room.
• She helped plant red, white and blue windmills and flags before unveiling a new ‘Eternal Flame’ hybrid tea rose in the Bunny Mellon Healing Garden.
• Under her Be Best initiative, she handed out gift bags containing teddy bears, children’s books and blankets to hospitalized children.
• Melania Trump held private meetings with heart, kidney and transplant patients to offer personal encouragement on the eve of the holiday.
• The visit continues a tradition of first lady support at Children’s National and precedes White House events for the U.S. 250th Independence Day.