National Cherry Blossom Festival
The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a citywide event that celebrates the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry blossom trees to Washington, DC by the mayor of Tokyo.
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The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a citywide event that celebrates the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry blossom trees to Washington, DC by the mayor of Tokyo.
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This is most of the neighborhood protesting for blm. There is a lot of people at this event and we all were silent for 8 min 46 sec in honor of George Floyd.
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It is a very sacred religious place of worship that brings us closer to our god. You get married and sealed in the temple to your family’s for all eternity.
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BBB stands for Big Bad Breakfast. It’s a really good breakfast restaurant in our town. We go there every once in a while, so it’s really special when we do!
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Every two years we go to a hula-hooping contest. You do tricks and stuff at it like hula-hooping with 2 foot or jumping 5 times or something. I always win ;)
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Quaker Day Festival. This is a annual festival, which begins with a parade that runs through the middle of our town, to celebrate the origins of the town.
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Bundle up with all of your family during a holiday or just any occasion during a snowy day and grab your sleds and race down the hill! Note: not my image.
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We always get together and hang out and occasionally we will watch a movie. Often times we play badminton or other sports or even hang out on my trampoline !
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Plymouth is a very historic town! It sits on the ocean and is very beautiful! It has so much culture, along with restaurants, ice cream shops and gift shops!
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The Cathedral of Junk is a living sculpture — meaning it is always in flux as its creator, owner and curator, Vince, adds new features and edits others out.
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Here in US schools have parties which are loads of fun, we dance, eat, talk laugh, its always a blast, mine just happened sep 23rd and im so happy i went
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red wine poached pears in Boise, Idaho put together by the immensely talented pastry team at the Boise Centre, an up and coming event center for the city!
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Wiccans celebrate eight holidays, called Sabbats, that mark the solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarter days. Each Sabbat has its own rituals and meanings.
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In the Summers I travel across to country to work as a camp counselor in Michigan for 2 months! I teach Theater, Canoeing, archery, and some art classes :)
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You see dogs in stores everywhere! I have even seen cats at stores and a bird at Walmart. We have special dog strollers so they can even go to restaurants.
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An English Renaissance village where people dress in Tudor garb, listen to period music, buy from local artisans and listen to local bands and performers.
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Where i live there are a ton of hiking trails and i love going into the mountains and being in nature. i wish i could do it more often since i am so busy:(
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Kids ride these to school. They have leather seats that can fit 2-3 students in them. They usually take kids to summer camp and to school field trips too.
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We have the pro football hall of fame in Ohio USA. I have been there once and you can buy different football items and learn about other football history
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This zoo is one of the best in the United states! It has everything you could ever imagine and provides endless memories. Proud this is so close to home!
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My family has thanksgiving dinner every year and we make a lot of food this is a picture of a duck I made three years ago instead of turkey that year :).
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We enjoy playing disk golf which is like traditional golf but instead of clone and balls we use frisbees. There are several disk golf courses in our area.
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Things that only Floridians understand: (For non-Floridians: for the second image, I-4 is the most dangerous Interstate in all of the United States ?.)
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Whenever you drive to downtown Rolla, you can hear Christmas music playing everywhere in the streets. we also decorate the lamp posts with lots of lights.
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People in my city likes to go to the beach and just spend time there. I prefer to go after sunset, because that is when there is a ton of things going on!
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Fourth of july is the day America became independent but most of us americans look at it as a time to just have fun and look at all the pretty fireworks.
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Blink is this amazing light show. You walk around the city and see artwork projected on buildings but not only is is huge art it is animated. It magical.
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During crawfish season, at a crawfish boil you eat seasoned crawfish with potatoes, corn, sausages, etc. This can be with friends, family, or coworkers.
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Colorado is a very active place to live. There is many mountains, and forests, and rivers. Me and my family usually take hikes, and walks through parks.
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Every year an enormous amount of people flood into Boston to support those running the Boston marathon and those who were injured in the bombing in 2013
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