By Aaron Anderson
There's no better time to visit Washington, D.C., than in the spring when the cherry trees are blooming. During cherry blossom season — usually in April — the whole city turns pink from more than 3,700 beautiful trees ringing the Tidal Basin on the National Mall. To celebrate the blooming of the trees, D.C. throws a major party — the Cherry Blossom Festival. Although the festival rarely falls at the same time the trees are actually blossoming — that's dependent on frost and rainfall — visitors did get lucky during the 95th celebration in 2007, during which the trees were in full pink splendor!
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