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The 2025 National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade kicked off (4/12) Saturday morning with colorful floats, marching bands and giant balloons.

The parade on Constitution Avenue is one of the main events of the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival, which runs from March 20 to April 13.

Saturday’s celebration will take place from 1000 EDT (1400 GMT) to 1200 EDT (1600 GMT) along Constitution Avenue NW, between 7th and 17th Streets.

The National Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to the city of Washington, DC, and celebrates the enduring friendship between the people of the United States and Japan.

The Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival is also happening along Pennsylvania Avenue.