Last Saturday USPS celebrated the centennial anniversary of the gift of more
than 3,000 cherry trees from the city of Tokyo to Washington, DC, dedicating the
Cherry Blossom Forever stamps during the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
The popular spring festival commemorates the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese
cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo, Japan who donated them to nourish
the growing friendship between the United States and Japan and also to celebrate
the close relationship between the two nations.
Joining PMG Pat Donahoe and Consumer and Industry Affairs VP Susan LaChance
at the National Building Museum for the First-Day-of-Issue ceremony were
Ambassador of Japan Ichiro Fujisaki, National Building Executive Director Chase
Rynd, National Cherry Blossom Festival Executive Director Diana Mayhew, and
stamp artist Paul Rogers.
“The Postal Service has created a lasting tribute to the gift of cherry
blossoms in Washington, DC, as well as the friendship between two nations that
inspired that gift,” said Donahoe.
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