Comments on: Cherry Trees Brought to D.C. By Helen Taft https://americacomesalive.com/cherry-trees-brought-to-d-c-by-helen-taft/ Quick Takes and Popular Postings about America's Past Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:46:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kate Kelly https://americacomesalive.com/cherry-trees-brought-to-d-c-by-helen-taft/#comment-454910 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:46:53 +0000 https://americacomesalive.com/?p=11086#comment-454910 In reply to Alexander W Schneider.

Thank you…. I had not known that. Sad all around.

]]> By: Alexander W Schneider https://americacomesalive.com/cherry-trees-brought-to-d-c-by-helen-taft/#comment-454909 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 04:49:06 +0000 https://americacomesalive.com/?p=11086#comment-454909 Four of the trees were cut down after Pearl Harbor and an angry taunf, “To Hell with Japan”, was carved in one of the fallen trunks. Patriotic anger was redirected toward beating the Japanese Empire of that time and punishing at least some of the war criminals. Unfortunately many civilians and conscripts, as well as the trees, were innocent victims.

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