National Cherry Blossom Festival on March, 2025: Washington Cherry Blossom Festival 2012?

National Cherry Blossom Festival 2025. The is a spring celebration in Washington, D.C., commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City to the city of Washington.

The is a spring celebration in Washington, D.C., commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City to the city of Washington.

Yes it is illegal to pick the cherry blossoms, in Washington DC. However here are some sights to see;

National Museum of Air and Space

National Museum of Natural History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

International Spy Museum

National Museum of Crime and Punishment

National Museum of American History

National Gallery of Art

National Portrait Gallery/American Art Museum

Hishhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Washington Monument(currently closed)

Lincoln Memorial

Jefferson Memorial

World War II Memorial

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Korean War Memorial

FDR Memorial

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

United States Capitol Building

Supreme Court

Library of Congress

Union Station

White House

Pentagon

Arlington National Cemetery

National Zoo

Fords Theatre

Mount Vernon

Tidal Basin Paddle Boats (Best view of the Cherry Blossoms!)

What does the national Cherry blossom festival celbrate?

It's around when the first cherry blossoms are blooming around the tidal basin in D.C. The cherry trees/blossoms were a gift to the U.S. from Japan, so it's to celebrate that.