This spring, one of the most delightful signs of rebirth after a deadly pandemic and the dreary months of winter will be the blossoming of hundreds of cherry trees along the Tidal Basin, which typically brings an estimated 1.5 million visitors to the nation’s capital.
But few visitors know how those trees first came to our country and started a nationwide trend. In fact, the full story of the three visionaries who made it happen is rarely told.
