During Stumpy’s last full bloom, visitors and organizations are honoring and celebrating the now-famous cherry tree at the Tidal Basin.
“Stumpy” the cherry blossom tree drew a crowd at the Tidal Basin in Washington on March 20. During its last full bloom, visitors and organizations are honoring and celebrating the now-famous tree.
Michael Harper, assistant principal trumpet for the National Symphony Orchestra, traveled Wednesday to the Tidal Basin in Southwest Washington for an “arboreal serenade.” Doug Smith, who visited Stumpy on Monday from Mount Airy, Md., said the fanfare around the tree can be explained by everyone’s love of a “good underdog story.” He described fans who snapped paparazzi-like photos or laid flowers at the tree’s roots.“Stumpy strikes a deep chord within everyone who has ever felt like an underdog, trying so hard just to be good enough,” Smith said. That’s why “everyone loves Stumpy and wants to see him saved.
John Hall, the man wearing the mascot costume, said, “Mascots have a special way of lighting up the people around them.”in Springfield, Va., Stumpy appeared in full bloom, constructed entirely in Lego — as were the Tidal Basin, Jefferson Memorial and National Mall.
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