Arbor Day is a holiday involving individuals and groups in which tree planting and care is encouraged. Arbor Day originated in Nebraska City, Nebraska, United States and is celebrated in a number of countries.
The national holiday is celebrated every year on the last Friday in April; it is a civic holiday in Nebraska and was founded by Julius Sterling Morton. Each state celebrates its own state holiday.
The official Arbor Day Web site relates the full history of Arbor Day celebrations. According to this site, it was in Nebraska, on January 4, 1872, that J. Sterling Morton first proposed a holiday for tree-planting. Nebraska, was a more or less tree-less state at the time. Morton’s proposal was adopted, and the idea of observing such a holiday spread to other states later in the 1870s. States today most commonly observe the National Arbor Day holiday on the last Friday in April. The observance of National Arbor Day has even spread to countries outside of the U.S.
The customary observance is to plant a tree. On the first Arbor Day, an estimated one million trees were planted.
The “arbor” in “Arbor Day” comes from the Latin word for “tree,” arbor.
Trees are the main focus of Arbor day.
Sequoia sempervivens (Sequoia — from the Cherokee Indian chief Sequoyah; sempervivens — from the Latin “always green, everliving”) Coastal Redwood tree in Redwood National Park, California. The oldest verified Redwood tree is at least 2,200 years of age.
On Arbor Day, I will plant an Improved Meyer Lemon tree and an Everhard Navel Orange tree. I am a firm believer that a tree should feed you, as well as shade you.
Happy Arbor Day.
BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS 