Michelle Obama takes part in a 1912 Cherry Blossom tree planting re-enactment ceremony - pics

[Kadie]

Children watch as US First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a ceremonial tree planting along the bank of the Potomac River on the National Mall on March 27, 2012 in Washington. Obama was joined by US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Japanese ambassador to the US Ichiro Fujisaki and others to plant a cherry tree.


Children watch as US First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a ceremonial tree planting along the bank of the Potomac River on the National Mall on March 27, 2012 in Washington. Obama was joined by US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Japanese ambassador to the US Ichiro Fujisaki and others to plant a cherry tree.


WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 27: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama takes part in a 1912 Cherry Blossom tree planting re-enactment ceremony with Yoriko Fujisaki near the Tidal Basin and along the Potomac River March 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. 2012 marks the 100th anniversary since the United States received 3,000 Cherry Blossom trees as a gift from Japan symbolizing the friendship between the two countries.



US First Lady Michelle Obama hands off a shovel during a ceremonial tree planting along the bank of the Potomac River on the National Mall on March 27, 2012 in Washington. Obama was joined by US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Japanese ambassador to the US Ichiro Fujisaki and others to plant a cherry tree.


US First Lady Michelle Obama (C) talks with other participants while children help during a ceremonial tree planting along the bank of the Potomac River on the National Mall on March 27, 2012 in Washington. Obama was joined by US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Japanese ambassador to the US Ichiro Fujisaki and others to plant a cherry tree.


United States first lady Michelle Obama (C) along with Yoriko Fujisaki, (2R) wife of the Ambassador of Japan to the United States, and local school children, commemorate the centennial anniversary of the 1912 gift of cherry blossom trees from the city of Tokyo to Washington, D.C. by planting a cherry blossom tree near the Tidal Basin in Washington March 27, 2012.


United States first lady Michelle Obama (R) and Yoriko Fujisaki, (L) wife of the Ambassador of Japan to the United States, commemorate the centennial anniversary of the 1912 gift of cherry blossom trees from the city of Tokyo to Washington, D.C. by planting a cherry blossom tree near the Tidal Basin in Washington March 27, 2012.


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[BB_Troll]

1. A very cool gift...

Those Cherry Blossom's look real good in Washington. Nice color in the spring.

[Worried senior]

2. Can anyone see

Romney's wife doing that?

[schmice]

3. How will FOX spin this to make it seem that Michelle is a rabid eco-terrorist?