Dave Anderson, left, and Panadda Harrington, both of Reston, Va., walk hand-in-gloved-hand while wearing cloth face masks as they visit the tidal basin to see the cherry blossom trees in full bloom, Sunday, March 22, 2020, in Washington. "We walk everyday," says Harrington, "and cabin fever pushed us out to see the blossoms. We didn't think it would be as crowded as usual and it's not. We would only have been concerned about coronavirus if it had been very cro…
March 22, 2020
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Nations's capital trying to keep crowds from cherry blossoms
WASHINGTON (AP) — As signature cherry blossom trees go through peak bloom in the nation's capital, officials in the District of Columbia are resorting to mass street closures to keep large crowds away in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.