{"id":60341,"date":"2023-03-27T00:02:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T04:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/on-this-day-in-history-march-27-1912-washington-d-c-cherry-trees-planted-gift-from-people-of-tokyo-60341"},"modified":"2023-03-27T00:02:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T04:02:49","slug":"on-this-day-in-history-march-27-1912-washington-d-c-cherry-trees-planted-gift-from-people-of-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/on-this-day-in-history-march-27-1912-washington-d-c-cherry-trees-planted-gift-from-people-of-tokyo-60341","title":{"rendered":"On this day in history, March 27, 1912, Washington, D.C., cherry trees planted, gift from people of Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The stunning cherry trees of Washington, D.C.<\/a>, a gift from Japan that blossom spectacularly each spring in a cherished symbol of renewal, were planted by first lady Helen Herron Taft and other dignitaries on this day in history, March 27, 1912.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The blossoms are officially in peak bloom!” the National Cherry Blossom Festival enthused in an online announcement Thursday, marking the eagerly anticipated highlight of spring tourism season<\/a> in the nation’s capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Opening ceremonies of the annual festival, which takes place this year through April 16, were held Saturday.<\/p>\n

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, MARCH 26, 1874, AMERICAN POET ROBERT FROST IS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The original shipment of 3,020 cherry trees, representing 12 different varieties of the flowering fruit trees, arrived in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 1912 \u2014 a living symbol of goodwill from the people of Tokyo<\/a> presented by Mayor Yukio Ozaki<\/p>\n

Officials wasted no time in planting them in a spot of national prestige around the Tidal Basin the following day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mayor Ozaki was joined in the ceremony by officials from both sides of the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n

“The first lady and Viscountess Chinda, wife of the ambassador of Japan, planted the first two trees on the north bank of the Tidal Basin in West Potomac Park, a location that today is memorialized with a simple bronze plaque at the Japanese Stone Lantern Plaza,” according to the National Cherry Blossom Festival.<\/p>\n

The effort to beautify Washington, D.C., with cherry trees was championed by Eliza Ruhaham Scidmore, a journalist, photographer and cognoscente of Asian cultures.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Among other claims to fame, she was the first woman to serve on the board of directors of the National Geographic Society.<\/p>\n

“Cherry blossoms, known in Japan as sakura, are well known around the world for their radiant, delicate and transient beauty,” reports the Japan National Tourism Organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“However, they are more than simply beautiful trees, as sakura have strong ties to Japan\u2019s history, culture and identity.”<\/p>\n

The U.S. National Park Service says, “For more than 100 years, (the U.S. and Japan) have celebrated cherry trees blooming in solidarity.”<\/p>\n

HOW THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ORNAMENTAL CALLERY PEAR TREE SHAPED AMERICAN SUBURBIA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The two nations enjoyed strong relations at the start of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

The United States, among other examples of the state of the relationship, supported Japan in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. American shipyards built warships for Japan during the conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Taft-Katsura Agreement was negotiated after the war between then Secretary of War William H. Taft and Prime Minister of Japan Katsura Taro. It was a statement of joint interests in the Pacific Ocean.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The solidarity represented by the cherry trees planted a few short years after the agreement, during the Taft administration, was torn apart violently by Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor<\/a> on Dec. 7, 1941.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More than 2,400 Americans were killed in the savage attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The cherry trees in Washington, D.C., became an obvious target of America’s rage as it was thrust into World War II<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“On the night of Dec. 10, 1941, an unknown number of vandals cut down four of the trees on the west side of the Basin,” the National Park Service notes.<\/p>\n

“Two of the trees were original 1912 specimens. One tree was also marked with \u2018To Hell With the Japanese.\u2019”<\/p>\n

The Cherry Blossom Festival was canceled from 1942 to 1947 while Washington, D.C., became the brain center of the Allied war effort.<\/p>\n

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Adds the National Park Service, “Many people insisted on re-naming the trees as \u2018Oriental\u2019 Cherry Trees. Customers complained if stores carried Japanese merchandise. The Freer Gallery of Art hid away all its Japanese works of art.”<\/p>\n

Tokyo, which 33 years earlier gave the United States<\/a> its now-cherished cherry trees, was devastated by U.S. forces in a massive bombing raid in early March 1945.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The ensuing firestorm killed an estimated 100,000 people and proved the deadliest bombing raid of World War II, with more casualties than the atomic bombings of either Hiroshima or Nagasaki.<\/p>\n

The beautiful cherry trees of Washington, D.C., again became a symbol of international unity, hopes of peace and a shared love of natural beauty after the war, as the nations worked to overcome the human tragedy of armed conflict.<\/p>\n

“After Japan\u2019s defeat in 1945, the United States and Japan gradually became friends again, and nowadays, the National Cherry Blossom Festival is a major annual event,” writes the National Park Service.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“There has been no further vandalism to the trees, except from the occasional beaver.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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