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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 ...
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 ...
English: The w:Tidal Basin at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC. Date: 31 March 2010: Source: Own work: Author: MBisanz
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.
Last year's unseasonably warm weather ushered in a record-tying early bloom for Washington, D.C.'s famed National Cherry Blossoms -- a spectacle that typically draws in millions of Americans and ...
The National Park Service defines peak bloom as when 70% of the Yoshino cherry trees that line the Mall and Tidal Basin are flowering. A warm winter sped up this year's bloom cycle.
The Japanese Lantern is a stone lantern in West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. It is located next to the Tidal Basin, among the cherry trees first planted in 1912. It is lighted during the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival.
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 ...