Plant a Tree for Arbor Day
It’s Arbor Day, celebrated the last Friday in April here in the United States, as well as various countries around the world.
Arbor Day, which was established in 1872, began as a way to encourage planting trees on the Great Plains. Although the plains were rich in soil, and therefore farmland, there were no trees for building homes or as a fuel supply. On the first Arbor Day, prizes were offered for planting the most trees, and it is believed that over a million trees were planted in Nebraska on that date.
Since then, other states enacted legislation to observe Arbor Day, and currently it is celebrated in each state. You can find a listing of how your state or country is celebrating by checking out the details here.
The purpose remains as it did originally — to plant and care for trees. So celebrate — go out and plant a tree!
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