Arbor Day 2009

The first Arbor Day took place on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska. It was the brainchild of Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902), a Nebraska journalist and politician originally from Michigan. Throughout his long and productive career, Morton worked to improve agricultural techniques in his adopted state and throughout the United States when he served as President Grover Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture.
In 1970, President Richard Nixon proclaimed the last Friday in April as National Arbor Day.
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Arbor Day timeline HERE
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