A Chinese proverb advises, ‘The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.’ That’s especially true today. It’s National Arbor Day in the US and we’re featuring this dramatic photo of coast redwoods to remind you of the incredible power and importance of trees. The very first recorded Arbor Day took place in 1594 in the little village of Mondoñedo in Spain, organized by its mayor. The first US Arbor Day was observed in Nebraska City, Nebraska, on April 10, 1872. It was organized by journalist and politician Julius Sterling Morton, who’d moved to Nebraska from Michigan, and called his adopted state a ‘treeless prairie.’ He rallied celebrants at that first US Arbor Day to plant an estimated 1 million trees.
Happy Arbor Day!
Today in History
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We re gonna need a bigger birdhouse
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Sky island views
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To Sua Ocean Trench
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In Apia Harbor for Samoan Independence Day
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It s aboat time for the Barcolana
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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The most Instagrammable bird?
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Falling for Tennessee
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A duckling swimming in a water meadow, Suffolk, England
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The call of the wild in Alaska
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Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Yungang Grottoes, Shanxi, China
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National Moon Day
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Celebrating Panama s independence
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The Tour de France begins
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A most sincere pumpkin patch
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National Park Service Founders Day
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Endangered Species Day
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The frog prince?
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Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens
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National Take the Stairs Day
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In orbit for Yuri s Night
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Women s History Month
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There’s treasure in them thar hills
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You won’t see this on Mulberry Street
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Monarch butterflies migrate south