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There’s still a week left to visit the National Cherry Blossom Festival in D.C.

While we all know that the cherry trees in our nation’s capitol are beautiful, did you that they serve as a major symbol of Japanese-American relations? Or that women once chained themselves to them in protest?

Learn more about the history of these stunning trees below.

Read the source article at U.S. National Park Service

Read the full story from Erie Insurance: “Fun Facts About the Cherry Trees