Cherry Blossom Festival

Cherry Blossom Festival may refer to:

  • National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC
  • The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
  • Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia, a spring celebration
  • The annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Branch Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey
  • The annual Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco, CA (Japan town)
  • International Cherry Blossom Festival in Macon, GA
  • Hanami, a traditional Japanese custom of celebrating the beauty of flowers, especially cherry blossoms
  • An annual festival at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York

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    Lat me the dead look on;
    Wi’ cherry cheeks and ruby lips
    She lay an’ smil’d on him.

    O ae sheave o’ your bread, true-love,
    An’ ae glass o’ your wine,
    For I hae fasted for your sake
    These fully day [is] nine.”
    —Anna Gordon Brown (1747–1810)

    “O that this blossom could be kept from cankers!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

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    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)