Saving the Anacostia, One Cherry Blossom at a Time

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If you think your sibling outshines you, then you know how the Anacostia River

must feel about the Potomac. But Washington's "other river" is ready for its

much-needed moment in the spotlight.

In keeping with this year's theme of "celebrating the natural world," the

National Cherry Blossom Festival is teaming with the National Park Service to

host an event in Anacostia Park that will show off the park's assets. The river

festival marks the official closing of this year's Cherry Blossom Festival.

The Park Service will plant a small grove of cherry trees for the Anacostia

festival, with the goal of extending the cherry blossoms farther beyond the

Tidal Basin and raising awareness of a threatened but critical local waterway.

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