The National Cherry Blossom Festival (Japanese: 全米桜祭り) is a spring celebration in Washington, D.C., commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City to the city of Washington. Mayor Ozaki donated the trees in an effort to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan and also celebrate the continued close relationship between the two nations.
Read more about National Cherry Blossom Festival: Organization and Events of The Festival, Types of Cherry Trees, Gallery
Famous quotes containing the words national, cherry, blossom and/or festival:
“National isolation breeds national neurosis.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)
“Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)
“The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid-air stands still.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.”
—Germaine Greer (b. 1939)