More than 100 cherry trees are set to be removed from the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., this spring.
The National Park Service announced Wednesday about 140 cherry trees will be removed this May in order to construct a more secure sea wall around the Tidal Basin to protect the Thomas Jefferson Memorial and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial.
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