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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 ...
The US Capitol is seen through cherry blossoms in Washington, DC, on March 27, 2023. Festival highlights include: The Blossom Kite Festival around the Washington Monument on March 30 from 10 a.m ...
United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. The Tidal Basin is a man-made reservoir located between the Potomac River and the Washington Channel in Washington, D.C. The Basin is part of West Potomac Park, is near the National Mall and is a focal point of the National Cherry Blossom Festival held each spring.
Early blooms in DC as National Cherry Blossom Festival begins. Casey Mendoza. March 20, 2024 at 5:58 PM. ... The famous pink and white blooms on Washington's cherry trees are on full display.
Snow and ice accumulate on a blooming cherry tree in Washington, Saturday, March 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Warmer weather is beginning to thaw out parts of the Southeast and mid-Atlantic ...
The Old Post Office, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Post Office and Clock Tower, is located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C. It is a contributing property to the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site. [1] The building's 315-foot (96-meter) high clock tower houses the "Bells of Congress ...
The Blossom Kite Festival, formerly the Smithsonian Kite Festival, is an annual kite event usually held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in late March during the National Cherry Blossom Festival. The event's organizers cancelled all kite festivals since 2020 because of concerns related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The blossoms at the Tidal Basin have reached the last stage of development and the National Park Service predicts 'peak bloom' for Thursday. Washington D.C.'s cherry blossoms reach peak bloom Skip ...