Cherry Blossom Festival Ends with Grand Parade (photos)
By • April 16, 2018 0 1427
The National Cherry Blossom Festival concluded on a magnificent Saturday April 14 with a grand parade down Constitution Avenue .
Only a block away, the Japan-America Society’s Sakura Matsuri Festival, the largest one-day celebration of Japanese culture in the United States, occupied a half mile on Pennsylvania Ave.
Not to be outdone, the United States Navy Memorial was host to the annual Blessing of the Fleet ceremony, a centuries-old tradition that protects Sailors from the dangers of the sea.
View Jeff Malet’s photos from these events by clicking on the photo icons below.
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- Miss America 2018 Cara Mund . (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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- 2018 Japan Cherry Blossom Queen Risako Takenaka and Margaret O’Meara (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Cherry Blossom Princesses (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Smurfette Balloon sponsored by Events DC (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- His Excellency & Mrs. Shinsuke Sugiyama, Ambassador of Japan (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- All Star Dancers (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Baltimore Blast Cheerleaders (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Washington Redskin Cheerleaders (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Miss Maryland 2017 Kathleen Masek. Photo by Jeff Malet.
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- Jaguar Pride Marching Band of Blue Springs South High School (Mo.) (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- U.S. Army Honor Company, Presidential Escort Platoon (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Frank W. Ballou High School “Majestic” Marching Knights (Washington DC) (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Austintown Fitch Marching Band (Ohio) (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Tamagawa University (Japan) Dance Group with All Nippon Airways flight attendants. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Tom Quigley, President, Model A Ford Club (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Ashley Blair and Abi Johnston of the Oak Mountain High School Band (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Miss Maryland’s Outstanding Teen 2017-Chloe Wildman (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- “Scoriental Express” of the DC Rollergirls (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Gotta Swing Lindy Hoppers Megan Miller and Colin Hall of Centreville Va. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Gotta Swing Lindy Hoppers Bob Toner (Springfield Va.) and Grace Fischetti (Silver Spring Md.) (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Bulloch Blues Marching Band (Ga.) (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Saraland High School Band (Alabama) (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Saraland High School Band (Alabama) (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- DOMO balloon sponsored by NHK World Japan (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Peppa Pig Balloon (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Jaguar Pride Marching Band of Blue Springs South High School (Mo.) (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Jaguar Pride Marching Band of Blue Springs South High School (Mo.) (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Philadelphia High School for Performing and Creative Arts Dancers (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Philadelphia High School for Performing and Creative Arts Dancers (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Sailors revive the fountains by pouring water from the world’s Seven Seas. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Seaman Pedro DeLeon revives the fountains by pouring water from the world’s Seven Seas. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The Washington Revels perform songs of the sea at the US Navy Memorial (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- The White House Mess distributes navy bean soup to Will Wurzel of the Washington Revels. (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Tamagawa University (Japan) Taiko Drum Group performs on Friday at the National Gallery of Art (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Tamagawa University (Japan) Dance Group performs on Friday at the National Gallery of Art (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Samurai demonstration at the Japan-America Society’s Sakura Matsuri Festival (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Anime at the Sakura Matsuri Festival: Sabrina as Emilia from Ree Zero, and Olivia as Hanayo from Love Live (photo by Jeff Malet)
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- Paula O’Keefe of Boston Mass, of Japanese Dolls and Crafts at the Japan-America Society’s Sakura Matsuri Festival: (photo by Jeff Malet)
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