{"id":11340,"date":"2019-05-24T10:08:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T17:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=11340"},"modified":"2019-08-02T20:34:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T03:34:03","slug":"washington-dc-national-cherry-blossom-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/washington-dc-national-cherry-blossom-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Destination Washington, DC: The National Cherry Blossom Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11336 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-2.jpg\" alt=\"cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin, Washington, DC\" width=\"850\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-2.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-2-600x193.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-2-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-2-768x248.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Because of one woman\u2019s perseverance, more than 700,000 people from all corners of the globe stroll around the narrow pathway that encircles the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC to admire Mother Nature\u2019s springtime handiwork: the majestic white-to-pink flowering of thousands of cherry trees during the annual \u00a0National Cherry Blossom Festival.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11337\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-3.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese cherry tree blossoms\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-3.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-3-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-3-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enthused by a visit to Japan in 1885, Eliza Scidmore \u2014 an American writer, photographer and lecturer, and the first female board member of the National Geographic Society \u2014 worked tirelessly to get ornamental Japanese cherry trees planted on reclaimed land at the edge of the Potomac River.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11338\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-4.jpg\" alt=\"cherry tree blossoms at the Tidal Basin with the Washington Monument in the background\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-4.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-4-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-4-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Scidmore\u2019s nearly quarter-century crusade finally paid off as First Lady Helen Taft embraced Scidmore\u2019s idea which led to the gifting of 3,020 Japanese cherry trees, in 12 different varieties, by the mayor of Tokyo City to the United States. Viscountess Iwa Chinda, wife of Japan\u2019s ambassador, joined Mrs. Taft at a simple ceremony in 1912 for the planting of two saplings along the north bank of the Tidal Basin, and the rest is history.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11339\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-5-7.jpg\" alt=\"cherry blossoms in different parts of Washington DC\" width=\"850\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-5-7.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-5-7-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-5-7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-5-7-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, the District literally rolls out the pink carpet between mid March to mid April to celebrate the gifting and planting of those very first <i>prunus<\/i> <i>serrulata<\/i> trees and to welcome the arrival of spring, which also embraces flowering magnolias, bright daffodils, elegant irises and more around the capital\u2019s monumental landscape.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11333\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-8-11.jpg\" alt=\"cherry blossoms in different parts of Washington DC\" width=\"850\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-8-11.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-8-11-600x392.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-8-11-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-8-11-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Highlighted by cloud-like canopies of blossoms surrounding the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park, and accented by more than 90 city-wide, family-friendly events and 200 cultural performances and demonstrations, the National Cherry Blossom Festival is the perfect time to visit Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11335\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-1-12.jpg\" alt=\"cherry blossoms near the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building\" width=\"850\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-1-12.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-1-12-600x227.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-1-12-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cherry-Blossom-1-12-768x290.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A world-class city embedded with a vibrant history, spectacular monuments, outstanding museums, plentiful parks, lush gardens and exceptional chef-driven cuisine, the District of Columbia is well worth the visit, especially now while she\u2019s still all decked out in <strong><span style=\"color: #ff66cc;\">pink<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Palladian Traveler joins the masses around the Tidal Basin as Washington, DC rolls out the pink carpet during the National Cherry Blossom Festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2343,2342,1410,2345,2344,1778],"class_list":["post-11340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-usa","tag-cherry-blossoms","tag-eliza-scidmore","tag-japan","tag-national-cherry-blossom-festival","tag-tidal-basin","tag-washington-d-c"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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