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The Library of Congress will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the gift of 3,000 cherry trees from the city of Tokyo with a special exhibition.   "Sakura: Cherry Blossoms as Living Symbols of Friendship," will run Tuesday, March 20 through Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. Admission is free and open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.   To learn more, visit this page.

 

 

 

CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN WASHINGTON DC

Cherry Blossoms, from the National Park Service; includes a history of the cherry trees in Washington, D.C. http://www.nps.gov/cherry

Official Website of the National Cherry Blossom Festival - This year marks the 100-Year Anniversary of the gift of trees from Japan.
http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/

Potomac Blossoms, American Memory, Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar27.html


MORE CHERRY BLOSSOMS

Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Cherry Watch and Sakura Matsuri Festival
http://www.bbg.org/discover/cherries/

Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia
http://sakura.japanphilly.org/

Cherry Blossom Spots in Japan, from japan-guide.com
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2011.html

Macon Georgia Cherry Blossom Festival
http://www.cherryblossom.com/

Northern California Cherry Blossom festival
http://nccbf.org/


Photo: Man in top hat behind 3 girls in long dreses holding flowers.
Crowned Queen of Cherry Blossoms. Washington, D.C., April 8, 1937. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress.


FLOWERING CHERRY INFORMATION

Cherry, information from the Electronic Data Information Source (EDIS) of University of Florida IFAS Extension
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Cherry

PLANTS Database, from National Resources Conservation Service, USDA
Search under common name for "Flowering Cherry."
http://plants.usda.gov/java/

Ornamental Cherry, Plum, Almond and Apricot, from Clemson University
http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/landscape/trees/hgic1018.html

Compiled by Alison P. Kelly, revised March, 2012.


Photo: stone lantern with tidal basin and cherry trees in flower in the background.
Japanese lantern on the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. Photo: Official Web Site of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
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