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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 First Street Tunnel is a two-track, soft-earth tunnel built between 1904 and 1906 by the Washington Terminal Company to serve as the southern approach to Union Station in Washington, D.C. Currently owned by Amtrak, it connects to lower-level tracks and platforms at the station, passes under Capitol Hill and connects to the RF&P Subdivision (CSX Transportation) and Long Bridge, offering ...
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 ...
Virginia Midland Railway: Washington and Potomac Railroad: 1886 1900 Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad: Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad: 1901 1910 Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway: Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railway: 1910 1918 Chesapeake Beach Railway: Washington Southern Railway: WSN RF&P: 1901 1920
The National Cherry Blossom Festival is returning with all its pageantry, Washington's unofficial re-emergence from two years of pandemic limits and closures. This year's cherry blossom trees will ...
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 famous sakura Japanese cherry trees of Washington, D.C., line the Tidal Basin and are the main attraction at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in early spring, when the cherry blossoms bloom. Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, upon returning to Washington, D.C., from a visit to Japan, initiated the idea of cherry trees in Washington, D.C., She ...
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 ...