Not everything in DC is ugly. The Cherry trees (gifts from Tokyo, Japan way back in 1912) along the Tidal Basin are blooming.
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As we celebrate peak bloom at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC, we also remember the determination of Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, who for 24 years promoted the idea of bringing the flowering Japanese cherry trees to the nation’s capital. Photo @NationalMallNPS by Eric Fisher pic.twitter.com/tcUssEIX8g

— US Department of the Interior (@Interior) March 24, 2022

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There’s really no need for a caption here. We’ll let the cherry blossoms take care of the poetry.🌸🌸🌸🌸Pics from this morning by National Park Service.#CherryBlossom #BloomWatch pic.twitter.com/hn7TA7CBu1

— National Mall NPS (@NationalMallNPS) March 25, 2022