Media Credit: Erin Leone | Staff Photographer
Tourists continue to flood the streets as iconic cherry blossoms are in bloom.
As cherry blossom season is in full swing, tourists have come from all over to visit D.C. and witness the beauty alongside the Tidal Basin.
For the first time in two years, the National Cherry Blossom Festival was held in person, and this year marks the 110-year anniversary of the gift of friendship the city was given by Japan in 1912.
The National Parks Service announced that peak bloom, when at least 70 percent of the Yoshino Cherry blossoms were open, was from March 22 through 25, drawing massive crowds the last two weekends.
Here is a glimpse at some of the blossoms and crowds over the past few weeks:
Krishna Rajpara | Photographer
Erin Leone | Photographer
Gabrielle Rhoads | Staff Photographer
Michelle Lin | Photographer
Skylar Epstein | Staff Photographer
Sophia Goedert | Staff Photographer
Sydney Walsh | Assistant Photo Editor
Sophia Kerr | Photographer
This article appeared in the April 4, 2022 issue of the Hatchet.
