Peak bloom occurs when 70% of the blossoms of the Yoshino cherry trees, the most common type along the Tidal Basin, are open. The National Park Service, which tracks the blooming of the trees each ...

Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday and Earth Day, visit a national park, or don your fanciest Easter bonnet.

Japan gave the United States 3,000 cherry trees in 1912 as a sign of friendship planted around the tidal basin in DC.