It's the annual blooming of the US capital's cherry blossoms, which are predicted to be in peak bloom starting on March 27 and running through March 31, according to the National Park Service . If you want to see those pink and white petals still attached to trees, that's the best time to travel to the National Cherry Blossom Festival to see the cherry trees in their full splendor. The National Cherry Blossom Festival will start on March 17 withfour full weeks of programming through April 15. The peak bloom date is defined by the park service as the day when 70% of the blossoms are open on the cherry trees surrounding the Tidal Basin. A gift of 3,000 treesThe festival commemorates the 1912 gift from Tokyo of 3,020 cherry trees to Washington.

Source: CNN March 12, 2018 13:48 UTC