Needing a break from the water, ice, and snow that dominates my life in the Sheyenne River Valley the past couple weeks, I found something that I’ve heard about and would someday like to experience … like today maybe!!!
The Annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C. lasts about two weeks. It is a city wide event with “more than 200 international cultural performances and over 90 other special events”. Over 1 million people flock to Washington each year for this celebration. It is said that the most picturesque scenes are found at the Tidal Basin where you can view the various national monuments surrounded by the pink blooms.
“The Japanese flowering cherry tree, known in Japanese as “sakura,” is a symbol of affection, good fortune and new beginnings.” In 1912, Japan gifted the U.S. with 3,000 trees that are planted throughout the city and bloom about this time each year, dependent on weather. The celebration takes place annually and has for so many years, it’s an automatic. Crowds of people that continue to attend the festival make a sure thing for continuing indefinitely.
For some great video about the festival and reactions from those in Washington, click the following: http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/2038749
Not only is there is festival in Washington, but also in Northern California, Philadelphia, Southern California, Hawaii, Colorado, Georgia, and Brooklyn just to name a few. And don’t forget – Japan!
A little known fact about this year’s festival in Washington is that North Dakota Rodeo Queen and VCSU alum, Jessinta Hammer will be riding in the parade in Washington, D.C. She was invited by Miss Rodeo Virginia to ride with her and Jessinta will be on her way east at the end of this week. Jessinta is from Fort Ransom.
If Washington, D.C. needs a celebration of this sort after their winter, imagine what North Dakota residents need – or will need – if winter every leaves us. I know our city and county people haven’t had a chance to think about the celebration after all we are going through but I will do what every is necessary to help make it something with smiles and appreciation for all who have given to our flood fight.
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2 years ago
Not long ago I was in DC when they were getting ready fort he festival and the trees were beginning to bloom. It was quite a site to see.
ReplyDeleteInteresting enough I chose the history of the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC (this is where the festival originated) for my upcoming report. The festival actually began when Helen Taft, wife of President William Taft, and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador planted two Yoshina cherry trees on the northern bank of the Potomac River, near the Jefferson Memorial.
The event was held in celebration of a gift, by the Japanese government, of 3,020 cherry trees to the U.S. government even more fascinating is that after the WWII America sent Japan Cherry Trees to replace the ones that were destroyed during the world war.