On this day in 1912, first lady Helen Herron Taft and the Viscountess Iwa Chinda, the wife of the newly arrived Japanese ambassador, planted the first two cherry trees on the northern bank of the ...

First Lady Helen Herron Taft and Viscountess Chinda planted the first two trees on March 27, 1912, on the north bank of the Tidal Basin. Today, the Festival is a two-week, citywide cultural event ...

In 1836, the first Mormon temple was dedicated in Kirtland, Ohio. In 1912, first lady Helen Herron Taft and the wife of Japan's ambassador to the United States, Viscountess Chinda, planted the ...

That year, first lady Helen Herron Taft and the wife of the Japanese ambassador, Viscountess Chinda Iwa, planted two of the Yoshino cherry trees along the Tidal Basin, the National Park Service ...

and U.S. first lady Helen Herron Taft, as they worked to beautify D.C. in the early 1900s. The first healthy trees came to the District in 1912 as a gift from the mayor of Tokyo, and were planted ...

In 1912, first lady Helen Herron Taft and the wife of Japan's ambassador to the United States, Viscountess Chinda, planted the first two of 3,000 cherry trees given as a gift by the mayor of Tokyo.

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Dr. Rafaele Fierro, contributor to the book "Helen Herron Taft: Forgotten Impact of a Memorable First Lady," will speak first, followed by Rebecca Boggs Roberts, author of "Untold Power ...