First Lady <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Herron_Taft" id="mwkQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Helen Herron Taft">Helen Taft</a> and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, plant two Yoshino <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cherry">cherry trees</a> on the northern bank of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potomac_River" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, the origin of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Cherry_Blossom_Festival" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Cherry Blossom Festival">National Cherry Blossom Festival</a>.<sup about="#mwt50" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_27#cite_note-8" id="mwlg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwlw">[8]</span></a></sup>
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