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Visitors walk along the Tidal Basin near the National Mall in Washington, Friday, April 2,2010, as the cherry trees blossom. This year's Cherry Blossom Festival marks the 98th celebration of the original gift of the 3,000 cherry blossom trees given to the United States by Japan in 1912. The Festival runs through April 11.
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Visitors walk along the Tidal Basin near the National Mall in Washington, Friday, April 2, 2010, under the blossoming cherry trees.
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
With the Washington Monument in the background, Bill Haynes, from Arlington, Va., walks along the Tidal Basin near the National Mall in Washington, Friday, April 2, 2010, as cherry blossoms trees flower.
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Preston Mui, 17, left, a student at Georgetown University, plays his violin for visitors walking along the Tidal Basin near the National Mall in Washington, Friday, April 2, 2010, as the cherry trees blossom. The Jefferson Memorial is in the background.
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Visitors sit and walk along the Tidal Basin near the National Mall in Washington, Friday, April 2, 2010, under the blossoming cherry trees.
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Blossoming cherry trees and visitors frame the Jefferson Memorial on the Tidal Basin in Washington, Friday, April 2, 2010.
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Cherry trees are in full bloom around the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C., Thursday, April 1, 2010, with the Jefferson Memorial in the background. This year's Cherry Blossom Festival marks the 98th celebration of the original gift of the 3,000 cherry blossom trees given to the United States by Japan in 1912. The Festival runs through April 11.
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Rohit Kuppireddy, 6, of Sunnyvale, Calif., left, takes a picture of his parents, Tharun, center, and Susmitha, right, Kuppireddy framed by the blossoming cherry trees in Washington, Thursday, April 1, 2010.
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The Washington Monument peers in between the blossoming cherry trees, near the Tidal Basin in Washington, Thursday, April 1, 2010. National Park Service horticulturist Robert DeFeo has predicted the peak blooming period will be April 1 to April 4.
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Tourists crowded the grounds of the Tidal Basin near the Washington Monument Thursday, April 1, 2010, to view the blooming cherry trees. The National Cherry Blossom Festival, an annual two-week event celebrating spring, runs through April 11.
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Cherry trees blossoms frame the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, Thursday, April 1, 2010. From bud to full flower, cherry blossoms only last a week or two. The trees reach the peak of perfection in the next few days. The festival parade is set for April 10, followed by a Japanese street festival.
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The Washington Monument peers in between the blossoming cherry trees, in Washington, Thursday, April 1, 2010. This year's 2010 Cherry Blossom Festival marks the 98th celebration of the original gift of 3,000 cherry blossom trees given to the United States by Japan in 1912.
AP Photo/Susan Walsh
The Jefferson Memorial is framed by blossoming cherry trees on the Tidal Basin in Washington, Thursday, April 1, 2010.
AP Photo/Susan Walsh
Tourists and cherry trees in full bloom line the Tidal Basin in Washington, Thursday, April 1, 2010. The trees are grown in
three National Park Services locations: around the Tidal Basin in West Potomac
Park, in East Potomac Park and on the Washington Monument grounds.
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With the Washington Monument in the background, Buddhist monks from Thailand take pictures as cherry trees blossom in Washington D.C., Thursday, April 1, 2010.
