Mayor Bowser lifts "Cherry Blossom Blockade"
On the 26th of March, the swarm of cops and occasional National Guard vehicles were gone from the Tidal Basin area, but the cherry blossoms were still out. With very few people present beyond some car traffic it was an utterly safe time for the few who braved reports of the Mayor calling out the Guard over the cherry blossoms and got to see them in privacy.
Video-"private showing" of Haines Point cherry blossoms after Mayor Bowser withdraws National Guard 1 min 34 sec
Some car traffic but relatively few people on foot
Part of the Haines Point area remained closed to cars, giving a few cyclists and pedestrians a near private viewing of the flowers
