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Every year between mid-March and mid-April, the Tidal Basin area of Washington, D.C., is bathed in soft white blossoms of the cherry trees. The cherry trees were a gift from the Japanese mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki to the city of Washington, D.C., in 1912 to honor the relationship between the two countries.
Tokyo Mayor Yukio Ozaki, image courtesy of the BBC.
To achieve the beauty Tidal Basin experiences every spring since 1912 was not a simple endeavor. The idea to plant the cherry trees along the banks of the Potomac River was first proposed by socialite Eliza Scidmore, the first female board member of the National Geographic Society and fundraiser for the cherry tree initiative. First Lady Helen Taft...
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