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About the Rhode Island Cherry Blossom Festival and Running Races and Events
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Submit email address to receive newsletter:. About the Cherry Blossom Festival. Why (History of the Cherry Blossom Trees and Festival). Each year, the National Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to the city of Washington, DC. The gift and annual celebration honor the lasting friendship between the United States and Japan and the continued close relationship between the two countries. The State Society of Rhode Island (SSRI). Louis Yip,...
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