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On March 27, 1912, First Lady Helen Herron Taft, Viscountess Iwa Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador to the United States, and a small group assembled at the Tidal Basin to plant the first two of more than 3,000 flowering cherry trees given to Washington, D.C., by Tokyo. Afterwards Mrs. Taft presented Viscountess Chinda with a bouquet of American Beauty roses. Four years later, when the young trees bloomed, the blossoms began serving as an annual reminder of the friendship between the United States and Japan.
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