National Cherry Blossom Festival

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Helen who championed the planting of the saplings (4)
• Nation celebrated for its enduring amity with the US (5)
• Peaceful bond rooted in a century-old gesture (5)
• Yukio who famously donated a forest of goodwill (5)
• Memorial often framed by rosy branches in photographs (9)
• Washington's role in the national celebration (7)
• Popular pale-pink export to the Tidal Basin (7)

Down

• Kind of basin that serves as a hotspot for flora fans (5)
• River setting for the Petalpalooza pyrotechnics (9)
• Bright bursts ending the Petalpalooza party (9)
• Soft drop of "snow" in late April (5)
• What tourists hope is at its absolute "peak" (5)
• ___ Yard (neighborhood hosting the waterfront celebration) (4)

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