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TOPSHOT – The Washington Monument is seen amid blooming cherry trees 02 April, 2006 in Washington, DC. The famous blooming of the cherry trees around the Tidal Basin , a gift from Japan in 1912, has come to symbolize the natural beauty of our nation’s capital city. Hundreds of thousands of city residents and visitors from across the nation and around the world come here to witness the spectacle, hoping that the trees will be at the peak of bloom for the Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC.’s rite of spring. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER / AFP / KAREN BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images)First lady Helen Herron Taft and the wife of Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Viscountess Chinda, planted the first two of 3,000 cherry trees given to the U.S. as a gift by the mayor of Tokyo.
Originally published at Associated Press