Washington, D.C. Tidal Basin showing cherry trees in flower
The
National Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual celebration in
Washington, D.C. commemorating the
1912 gift to the city of 3,000
cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of
Tokyo to enhance the growing friendship between the
United States and
Japan and celebrate the continued close relationship between the two peoples.
The famous trees signal the coming of Spring with an explosion of life and color surrounding the Jefferson Memorial on the Tidal Basin in a sea of pale pink and white.
The 2005 Cherry Blossom Festival will be March 26 to April 10.
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