Washington, DC – Every spring, millions of tourists flock to the U.S. capital to catch a glimpse of the precious cherry trees.
Blooms peaked for blossom this weekend Travelers snapped up Photos along the tidal basin and photos in monuments.
However, while enjoying the scene, many visitors may not know that there may be some harm that may be caused, and even impose fines on picking precious flowers or climbing tree branches.
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Fox News Digital asked Cherry Blossom visitors over the weekend if they knew it was “illegal” to touch or pick Blooms. (See the video at the top of this article.)
“I don’t know, but I’ve chosen it A few flowersso I hope not.
Fox News Digital asked Cherry Blossom visitors this weekend if they were “illegal” or didn’t touch or pick flowers. The answer is surprising. (Ashley J. Dimella/Fox News Numbers)
A woman named Gina, who visited from Pennsylvania, replied: “If you are asking this question, it’s very likely.”
A man named Chris, Pennsylvania, said: “It’s possible.”
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A woman from Miami, Florida admitted: “We did touch it because we never touched it.
“But the texture is so beautiful. We’ve never even seen it,” she added.
“Once it lands on the ground, we can touch it.”
“I don’t think so. I think I’m meeting with a guy,” said Masha, a visiting from Philadelphia.
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“I think it’s illegal. But once it falls on the ground, we can touch it.”
“It depends on whether you hold a lot of people,” said a girl from Greenbelt, Maryland.
This weekend, Fox News Digital asked travelers in Washington, D.C. whether it was illegal to touch or pick Bloom’s cherry blossoms. (Ashley J. Dimella/Fox News Numbers)
“If it’s limited, I think it’s illegal,” said a man named Phillip from Staten Island, New York. “But I mean, if you’re just riding the couple left, that’s really good.”
Various federal regulations provide that intentional destruction, cut, break, hurt or delete anyone is illegal Trees, shrubs or plants On a U.S. National Military Park or U.S. land.
According to the U.S. Code, which is stipulated by §1865, “offences related to buildings and vegetation” are fined.
National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst told Fox News Digital that the service is designed to find “teachable moments” and “not an opportunity to throw the book at anyone. (Ashley J. Dimella/Fox News Numbers)
The offender can “be imprisoned for no less than 15 days, or more than one year, but fined but fined under this title, but for every monument, statue, mark, guide, or other structure, tree, shrub or plant, destroyed, defiled, injured, cut or deleted, or both $10.”
National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst and his National Shopping Center Memorial Park told Fox News that the numbers, “Please don’t touch the blossoms. Don’t break the branches. Don’t climb up the trees.”
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He added: “The use of natural resources is certainly a crime in the Code and Federal Regulations.”
“But if we see people [doing that]We tend to use it as a teachable moment rather than a chance to throw books at them. ”
Travelers to Washington, D.C. are asked to become “Sakura Protectors.” (Fox News figures)
Litterst said he asked travelers to become “sakura protectors.”
Near the tidal basin and shopping malls are signs with vows.
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Once visitors agree, they will receive the “Sakura Protector” button badge.
On weekends, many cherry blossom tourists were found wearing buttons.
Cherry blossoms in DC usually last four weeks. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
The protectors agree to stay on the sidewalk, away from the roots, avoid climbing or swaying on the branches, while leaving only fragile branches.
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Cherry blossoms usually last for four weeks.
