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The Jefferson Memorial visible through cherry blossoms across the Tidal Basin. The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a spring celebration in Washington, D.C., commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City to the city of Washington, D.C. Ozaki gave the trees to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan and also ...
During this time, the Cherry Blossom Board of Directors and staff work on planning events, securing sponsors and working with the community to produce the festival. Volunteers from the community, like the Think Pink committee, [ 10 ] also contribute to the festival through setting up and running events.
The festival kicked off with a March 20 opening ceremony and runs through April 17, with concerts and other events, including a big parade on Saturday April 9. "The cherry blossoms are actually ...
Macon is known as the Cherry Blossom Capital of the World, because 300,000 sakura trees grow there. [29] In Brooklyn, New York, the Annual Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival takes place in May, at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. [30] This festivity has been celebrated since 1981, and is one of the Garden's most famous attractions.
The Blossom Kite Festival around the Washington Monument on March 30 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Cherry Blossom Festival Parade on April 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. along Constitution Avenue.
After the National Cherry Blossom Festival ends on April 14, the NPS is slated to remove nearly 160 cherry trees in the capital, in an effort to repair the city’s deteriorating seawalls. The ...
No matter the weather, the National Cherry Blossom Festival goes on, drawing more than a million visitors per year. Mayhew said, "About 45% of those are visitors. It's usually 45% to 50% of ...
The annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Branch Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey; The annual Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco, CA ; International Cherry Blossom Festival in Macon, GA; Hanami, a traditional Japanese custom of celebrating the beauty of flowers, especially cherry blossoms; An annual festival at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in ...