Our Ivy In expansion: Presidential
The Rev. Kaleo Patterson, left, leads fellow Hawaiians, Coochie Caya, center left, and Ha'aheo Guanson, center right, and Rev. Jeffrey Mays, right, pastor of Christ Congregation Church in Princeton, in prayer around the tombstone of former President Grover Cleveland in Princeton, N.J., Sunday, April 23, 2006. Patterson and the other Hawaiians traveled to New Jersey to honor Cleveland in his home state for championing Hawaiian rights and national sovereignty in the 1890s, even as sugar plantation owners were overthrowing Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani and seeking annexation to the United States. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)
Presidential & Continuous renewal
One of our sprigs comes from founder Sarah Meriwether & Incorporator Nellie Quander.
In 1914, Sarah Meriwether represented Howard University at a conference of the World Student Federation in Princeton, New Jersey. While at the conference commemorating the founding of Christian work in American Colleges she visited Grover Cleveland's grave. She cut a portion of ivy to use as a part of the Ivy Day ceremonies. The ivy was sent to Nellie Quander, who then planted the cutting near the Manual Arts Building. It should be noted that Cleveland died in 1908. This was of course no unusual event as It has been said that some of the ivy that grows on the grounds of Howard University to this day were planted there by Meriwether, who had a penchant for planting cuttings in prevalent spots throughout the campus.
Sulgrave & Washington Manors
Ivy
George Washington
John Q. Adams
John Adams
Warren G. Harding
This ivy is also near Sulgrave & Washington Manors in the village of the
ancestors of 4 United States presidents George Washington, John Q. Adams, John Adams and Warren G. Harding.