Canopy of New Life
by SCB Captures
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Canopy of New Life
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SCB Captures
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04/02/2007 The Mall, Washington DC
A canopy of cherry blossoms in peak bloom on the Mall grounds close to the the Washington Monument. Many of the cherry blossoms that line the Tidal Basin, Potomac Park, and the Washington Monument were a gift from Japan to the US.
Japan gave 3,800 Yoshino trees in 1965, which were accepted by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. These trees were grown in the United States and many were planted on the grounds of the Washington Monument. For the occasion, the First Lady and Ryuji Takeuchi, wife of the Japanese ambassador, reenacted the 1912 planting. In 1982, Japanese horticulturalists took cuttings from Yoshino trees in Washington, D.C., to replace cherry trees that had been destroyed in a flood in Japan. From 1986 to 1988, 676 cherry trees were planted using US$101,000 in private funds donated to the National Park Service to restore the trees to the number at the time of the original gift.--Wikipedia
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