Festival draws millions, despite late blooms

By Kate Jacobson

Published April 6, 2013 4:00am ET

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Festival draws millions, despite late blooms — Tom and Lynne Zidelis drove nearly 500 miles to see Washington D.C.’s famed cherry blossoms, and despite the lack of blooms, they weren’t disappointed. “The weather has been fabulous,” Tom Zidelis, a 49-year-old Douglas, Mass., man, said while eating lunch on the lawn near the Tidal Basin. “We didn’t know what to expect.” This year’s […]

Tom and Lynne Zidelis drove nearly 500 miles to see Washington D.C.’s famed cherry blossoms, and despite the lack of blooms, they weren’t disappointed.

“The weather has been fabulous,” Tom Zidelis, a 49-year-old Douglas, Mass., man, said while eating lunch on the lawn near the Tidal Basin. “We didn’t know what to expect.”

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