Make the Cherry Official!
A project of Mr. Bunton's Class at Bowen Elementary School in Washington, DC to have the state fruit of the District of Columbia named the cherry.

If you'd like to contact Mr. Bunton's class the email is MrBuntonsClass@MakeTheCherryOfficial.com

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Below is the letter Mr. Bunton's class sent to Council Chairperson Linda Cropp.

Bowen Elementary School
Mr. Bunton’s Class
101 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20024

Council Chairperson Linda Cropp
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004

 
Dear Chairperson Cropp:
 
We are a class at Bowen Elementary School in Washington, DC.
 
Today, we read a story about some children in Florida who got the state fruit changed to the orange. We were impressed by their dedication to this cause. The Governor even came down to sign the bill into law at their school!
 
This got us thinking. What we be a good official fruit for Washington, DC? After we discussed it among ourselves, we decided that a cherry would be perfect. We remembered the story of George Washington and the cherry tree. Since this story is a fable about honesty and integrity, we believe it is a fitting symbol to represent the people of Washington, DC.
 
So, we are contacting you to see if you will support our idea. We also would like to know who else we should contact about this. At this time, we are contacting the Mayor, other Council Members and School Board Members.
 
Thank you for thinking about making the cherry the official fruit of Washington, DC.
 
Sincerely,
 
Eric Seaborn
Bartwone Hill
Michael Wanzor
Ethel Burnette
Shamika Britt
Calvin Franklin
Marcus Parker
Sheldon McFadden
Anthony Harris
Raheem Turner
Frank McRae
Dayquane Bell
Terry Bunton (Our Teacher)

The proposed resolution from Linda Cropp can be found here (in Adobe PDF format)
The notice of public hearing on the resolution can be found here (in Adobe PDF format)