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 ...

(The Evening Star, March 28, 1912) Washington's cherry trees are now a famous symbol of the friendship between Japan and the United States. But the person largely responsible for getting them ...

Washington DC's annual cherry blossom festival is in full swing. The roughly 3,800 cherry trees were gifted by the mayor of Tokyo in 1912. This year, the cherry blossoms reached their peak more ...

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

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 ...

If you've never been to Washington, D.C. before ... Every spring, the Tidal Basin bursts with color as cherry blossom trees (gifted to the city from Tokyo) bloom into cotton candy-colored tufts ...