Washington DC’s beloved cherry tree Stumpy is set to be chopped down. As part of a multiyear restoration to replace the crumbling seawall around the Tidal Basin, an area surrounding the Jefferson ...

Japan gifted 3,000 cherry trees to Washington DC in 1912 as a symbol of friendship. The festival began in 1934, highlighting cultural exchange and lasting ties between nations. Annual festival events ...

On this day 85 years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt set the cornerstone for the Jefferson Memorial in a ceremony.

She was also the person who proposed bringing the cherry trees from Japan to her homeland's capital. Eliza Scidmore, ca. 21 years old. Eliza Scidmore was born in Clinton, Iowa in 1856. She started ...

The DC Circulator offers six routes throughout ... is home to 40 different types of cherry blossom trees. Meanwhile, the aptly named Cherry Hill at the Dumbarton Oaks estate in Georgetown boasts ...

1.5 million people enjoy a cherry blossom festival in Washington DC, where thousands of cherry trees were planted after they were gifted to the USA by Japan in 1912. 14. The best-selling fragrance ...