National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC Apr 4, 2025

National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC

Every spring, Washington, DC, transforms into a sea of pink and white as the cherry trees bloom, marking the return of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. This beloved event commemorates the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Tokyo"s Mayor Yukio Ozaki to the US, symbolizing the friendship between the two nations.

© f11photo/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Apr 4, 2018Mexican giant cardon cactus
Apr 4, 2019Taking the forest to the cloud
Apr 4, 2020In the path of the pronghorn
Apr 4, 2021A yearly sign that spring has sprung
Apr 4, 2022Norway s Kjeragbolten boulder
Apr 4, 2023Roman bridge of Córdoba, Spain
Apr 4, 2024Red lechwe, Okavango Delta, Botswana

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Aug 6, 2021Looking down upon Edinburgh
Apr 13, 2021Ruins of a royal temple
Sep 20, 2021Birds of a feather flocking together
Nov 28, 2021Celebrating Panama s independence
Feb 11, 2021It’s showtime for a precious crop
Jun 4, 2024Chestnut-headed bee-eaters, Bardia National Park, Nepal
Feb 9, 2021What s going on in this sky?
Mar 16, 2019Quilts as high art
May 19, 2023Endangered Species Day
Jun 13, 2020A gorge-ous mill in the Causses
Jan 28, 2022Short-eared owl
Aug 2, 2023Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
Mar 17, 2025Happy St. Patricks Day!
Mar 12, 2020Fiesta at Siesta
Mar 15, 2024Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
Oct 29, 2021Ravens
May 31, 2022World Parrot Day
Jan 18, 2025Dunes at White Sands National Park, New Mexico
Jan 20, 2025Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Apr 6, 2025National Library Week
Mar 15, 2019A plot was afoot
Oct 20, 2018Moody skies over Valletta
Jun 2, 2021The dry days of winter in Etosha
May 7, 2025Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Aug 19, 2021Happy World Photography Day!
Mar 27, 2020Pretty in pink, and purple, and red…
Mar 14, 2024Happy Pi Day!
Dec 6, 2023Computer Science Education Week
Jun 29, 2018Waiting for the perfect shot
Jun 19, 2023Juneteenth