Over million peoplevisit Washington each year to admire

Over million peoplevisit Washington each year to admire the blossoming cherry trees and participate in the Festival that heralds the beginning of spring in the nations capital. The recent event in this cycle occurred in the fall of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc., an umbrella organization consisting of representatives of business, civic and governmental organizations.

MAPS CONTACT USCopyright National Cherry Blossom Festival annually commemorates the gift to the city of Washington 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 our two peoples.

FAQ SPONSORS SITE INDEX In group of American school children reenacted the initial planting the first festival was held in sponsored by civic groups in the nations capital. Three thousand, eight hundred more trees were accepted in by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson.

GIFT SHOP The recent event in this cycle occurred in the fall of Privacy Policy This site is hosted and maintained byHistory of the Trees and FestivalThe National Cherry Blossom Festival annually commemorates the gift to the city of Washington 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 our two peoples. EVENTS FAQ It involved the formal planting in the Tidal Basin of new generation of cuttings from famous Japanese cherry tree in Gifu province reputed to be over years old.

SPONSORS In the cycle of giving came full circle. BLOOM WATCH With this return gift, the trees again fulfilled their roles as symbol and agent of friendship. It involved the formal planting in the Tidal Basin in Potomac Park. Privacy Policy This site is hosted and maintained byHistory of the Trees and FestivalThe National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc., an umbrella organization consisting of representatives of business, civic and governmental organizations.

SPONSORS It involved the formal planting in the Tidal Basin in Potomac Park. With this return gift, the trees again fulfilled their roles as symbol and agent of friendship. The recent event in this cycle occurred in the fall of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc., an umbrella organization consisting of representatives of business, civic and governmental organizations. All rights reserved. Three thousand, eight hundred more trees were accepted in by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. By the United States government had responded with gift of flowering dogwood trees to the people of Japan.
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