April 10, 2015
11 questions and answers about this weekend's 2015 National Cherry Blossom Festival
We know what some of you will be doing this weekend — winding your way through the teeming masses on the National Mall. Yes, it’s the peak of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, which goes through Sunday. You have questions? Fire away.
What is this National Cherry Blossom Festival of which you speak?
Sigh. Really?
Just the highlights, please.
OK. Basically, everyone comes to gawk at cherry trees, roughly 3,000 of them, a gift in 1912 from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo. The first festival was…