Washington's National Cherry Blossom Festival is underway. Michigan hosts the National Cherry Festival in June.

Friends and family of a Vietnam veteran symbolically honored him with a Purple Heart medal he never received 55 years ago while recovering in Japan. Many know Lester F. Wray III as “Ripper” Wray or ...

The peak bloom date is defined as the day when 70% of the Yoshino cherry blossoms are open. Peak bloom varies annually ...

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This year’s peak bloom is predicted to be March 28-31. The festival itself spans from March 20 to April 13. You can peek in via the BloomCam to see how things are progressing. Right now, things are ...

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A horse-led march is heralding the arrival of spring in a traditional Shinto festival in the disaster-hit Noto Peninsula, central Japan.

The National Cherry Blossom Festival — and others — are hitting the ground running with a variety of events happening across the D.C. area.

Little Mr. Ireland Preston Fulkerson, 5, and Little Miss Ireland Emersyn Renfrow, 5, line up with their classmates before the start of the Our Lady of Lourdes Daycare St. Patrick's Day parade in ...

Hundreds of thousands of people packed the streets of Dublin on Monday to watch Ireland's national St Patrick's Day parade, as crowds in green flooded cities and towns across the country to honor the ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson has made weekly rounds with Chicago’s Black media outlets and embarked on a “Faith in Government” tour this year, arenas where he’s evidently felt more comfortable antagonizing ...