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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 ...
jsmjr, flickr Nearly a century ago, Yukio Ozaki -- then mayor of Tokyo -- gave three thousand cherry trees to the city of Washington. The first two trees were planted in West Potomac Park on March ...
English: The w:Tidal Basin at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC. Date: 31 March 2010: Source: Own work: Author: MBisanz
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.
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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 ...
The Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run is an annual 10-mile (16 km) road race in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1973 originally as a precursor training run for elite runners planning to compete in the Boston Marathon, the race has evolved over the years into a local race for runners of all abilities.
Cherry blossom season provided a colorful bicycle ride in Washington, DC, on March 30.Video captured by Instagram user @jennrightmeow shows her biking past rows of cherry blossom trees. “There ...