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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3432549" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>March 27, 1912</p><p> In <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/washington-dc" target="_blank"><u>Washington</u>, D.C., [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/first-ladies/helen-taft']<u>Helen Taft</u></a>, wife of President William Taft, and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, plant 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.[/URL]</p><p><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/washington-dc" target="_blank">[URL='https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrUilx3LbpaTA4AbrmJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIyM3FzZ3BzBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANjMzgxY2Y4MjA0OTQ3YjM1NzYyZTM1N2JlYTUxOGM2MwRncG9zAzgEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DJefferson%2BMemorial%2Bcherry%2Bblossoms%26fr%3Dymyy-t-999%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D8&w=1091&h=697&imgurl=2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-LlwqBCxKcpM%2FTd5mktzY07I%2FAAAAAAAAP-M%2FR016sWGXNlA%2Fs1600%2FJefferson%2BMemorial%2B%2525283%252529.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvintagetravelpostcards.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fjefferson-memorial-washington-dc.html&size=666.1KB&name=Vintage+Travel+Postcards%3A+%3Cb%3EJefferson%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EMemorial%3C%2Fb%3E+-+Washington+DC&p=Jefferson+Memorial+cherry+blossoms&oid=c381cf8204947b35762e357bea518c63&fr2=&fr=ymyy-t-999&tt=Vintage+Travel+Postcards%3A+%3Cb%3EJefferson%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EMemorial%3C%2Fb%3E+-+Washington+DC&b=0&ni=120&no=8&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=12ojc449v&sigb=13h87d6e3&sigi=13bvmi18s&sigt=12a1jvi8o&sign=12a1jvi8o&.crumb=4lx8V5yT39d&fr=ymyy-t-999']<img src="https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.NwHyOt5Cd0yWBK95OQ7oKAHaEu&pid=15.1&P=0&w=265&h=170" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 3432549, member: 1246"] March 27, 1912 In [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/washington-dc'][U]Washington[/U], D.C., [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/first-ladies/helen-taft'][U]Helen Taft[/U][/URL], wife of President William Taft, and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, plant 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.[/URL] [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/washington-dc'][URL='https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrUilx3LbpaTA4AbrmJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIyM3FzZ3BzBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANjMzgxY2Y4MjA0OTQ3YjM1NzYyZTM1N2JlYTUxOGM2MwRncG9zAzgEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DJefferson%2BMemorial%2Bcherry%2Bblossoms%26fr%3Dymyy-t-999%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D8&w=1091&h=697&imgurl=2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-LlwqBCxKcpM%2FTd5mktzY07I%2FAAAAAAAAP-M%2FR016sWGXNlA%2Fs1600%2FJefferson%2BMemorial%2B%2525283%252529.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvintagetravelpostcards.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fjefferson-memorial-washington-dc.html&size=666.1KB&name=Vintage+Travel+Postcards%3A+%3Cb%3EJefferson%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EMemorial%3C%2Fb%3E+-+Washington+DC&p=Jefferson+Memorial+cherry+blossoms&oid=c381cf8204947b35762e357bea518c63&fr2=&fr=ymyy-t-999&tt=Vintage+Travel+Postcards%3A+%3Cb%3EJefferson%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EMemorial%3C%2Fb%3E+-+Washington+DC&b=0&ni=120&no=8&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=12ojc449v&sigb=13h87d6e3&sigi=13bvmi18s&sigt=12a1jvi8o&sign=12a1jvi8o&.crumb=4lx8V5yT39d&fr=ymyy-t-999'][IMG]https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.NwHyOt5Cd0yWBK95OQ7oKAHaEu&pid=15.1&P=0&w=265&h=170[/IMG][/URL][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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