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Tidal Basin, Washington, D.C.
Foggy at the Tidal Basin
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Cherry blossoms
Washington, DC | 31 March 2026
Cherry Blossoms Along the Tidal Basin, 1960s
Mickey Crisp
We could do this
After all messages of regret were sent, the Tokyo mayor made another attempt at sending trees, this time upping it from 2,000 to 3,020, and also featuring a number of different varieties, with the majority being the Yoshino trees seen around the Tidal Basin today. They arrived in Washington in 1912, and thankfully these trees were healthy and ready to plant!
First Lady Helen Taft and Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, did a ceremonial planting of the trees at the Tidal Basin where Mrs. Taft presented Viscountess Chinda with a bouquet of American Beauty roses, and that would be followed a few years later by her husband sending dogwood trees (the state flower of Virginia!) to Japan.