1912
AMERICA & JAPAN
THE GIFT OF CHERRY TREES
Our annual Cherry Blossom Festival is a spring celebration commemorating the March 27, 1912 gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo, to the city of Washington. The donation was intended to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan.
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THE 'GREAT WAR'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
For those wishing to understand the complexity of this war, how it's events, and unsettled arguments bled into World War II, as though there were no distinct boundary line, and what it felt like to be living at ground level through this much neglected period of time,
look to original cultural history sources.
Read George Simmers
http://greatwarfiction.
For those wishing to understand the complexity of this war, how it's events, and unsettled arguments bled into World War II, as though there were no distinct boundary line, and what it felt like to be living at ground level through this much neglected period of time,
look to original cultural history sources.
Read George Simmers
http://greatwarfiction.
1918-1932
TIME LINE WORLD EVENTS
1932
JAPAN
TRADITIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
1935
was held in Washington, D.C., under joint sponsorship of numerous civic groups, becoming an annual event.
The cherry trees had, by this point, became an established part of the nation's capitol.
1938
PROTESTPlans to cut down the trees to clear ground for the Jefferson Memorial prompted a group of women to chain themselves together at the site in protest.
A compromise was reached where more trees would be planted along the south side of the Basin to frame the Memorial.
A Cherry Blossom Pageant was begun here.
On December 11th, four trees were cut down. It is suspected that this was retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan four days earlier, though this was never confirmed. In hopes of dissuading people from further attacks upon the trees, they were referred to as
"Oriental" flowering cherry trees for the war's duration.
During the final stages of World War Two, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan,
on August 6, and August 9, 1945.
These two events are the only active deployments of nuclear weapons in war to date. More details at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
1940
ANNUAL PAGEANTA Cherry Blossom Pageant was begun here.
1941
PEARL HARBOR BOMBEDOn December 11th, four trees were cut down. It is suspected that this was retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan four days earlier, though this was never confirmed. In hopes of dissuading people from further attacks upon the trees, they were referred to as
"Oriental" flowering cherry trees for the war's duration.
1945
HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKIDuring the final stages of World War Two, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan,
on August 6, and August 9, 1945.
These two events are the only active deployments of nuclear weapons in war to date. More details at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
1947
FESTIVAL RESUMESSuspended during the World War, the festival resumed with the support of the Washington, D.C., Board of Trade and the D.C. Commissioners.
2010
FESTIVAL
2O11
EARTHQUAKE
TSUNAMI
WASHINGTON STANDS
This year it is tinged with grief for the thousands of lives lost, and devastating destruction due to the triple tragedy of earthquake which struck Japan at 4:46 on March 11th, the tsunami that followed it, and the ongoing threat of radiation contamination.
REAL NEWS
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Earth Beat looks at the United States today, which is host
Earth Beat looks at the United States today, which is host
to the largest concentration of radioactivity on the planet.
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