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Hey (green) bud! DC cherry blossom trees reach 1st bloom stage

By Abigail Constantino
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” … the Yoshino trees have reached green bud, the first of six stages that culminates in peak bloom! Six days earlier than last year (though later than 2017 and 2018),” National Mall NPS tweeted. (Courtesy National Mall NPS via Twitter)

The first of six stages culminating in peak bloom has come early this year for the cherry blossoms in D.C.

The National Park Service announced Friday that the Yoshino trees along the National Mall are in the green bud stage — six days earlier than last year.

“Mild winter temperature make for eager cherry blossoms,” the National Mall NPS tweeted Friday.

Forecasting when the cherry blossom trees in D.C. will reach their peak bloom is almost impossible more than 10 days in advance.

The National Park Service will announce when they think peak bloom will happen next Tuesday.

National Museum of the American Latino to be housed in historic Smithsonian building

By Neal Augenstein
The Smithsonian Institution has decided to put the National Museum of the American Latino into an existing, historic building, rather than constructing a new one. The Smithsonian Board of Regents on Monday designated the Arts and Industries Building, a 145-year-old redbrick Victorian structure located between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum, as the permanent site of the National Museum of the American Latino, which Congress authorized in 2020. In 2022, the Smithsonian narrowed its survey for permanent locations for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum to four locations near the National Mall on land owned by the National Park Service. The Arts and Industries Building, located at 900 Jefferson St. SW, was one of the four sites. New construction on National Park Service land would require congressional approval. However, since the Smithsonian already owns the Arts and Industries Building, the institution can place the National Museum of the American Latino in the existing building without additional legislation.
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