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Arbor Day spirit and tree planting across the nation
A survey of Arbor Day history shows its origins with J Sterling Morton, the spread of tree planting to Nebraska Kansas and beyond, and modern programs like memorial trees and the Hall of Fame of Trees. The piece notes governors fix dates, school plantings, and federal efforts including forest protection week proclaimed by President Harding and memorial trees at Lincoln Memorial and Armistice Day ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dickinson Sherman
Minnesota
New Mexico
North and
South Dakota
Illnois
Arizona
Georgia
Idaho
Rhode Island
Kansas
Arbor Day
J. Sterling Morton
Arnold Arboretum
American Forestry Association
Cincinnati
Adams
Jefferson County
N. Y
Union College
Nebraska
Bellevue
Nebraska City
Cleveland
State Board of Agriculture of
Lincoln
Morton
Furnas
Tennessee
North Dakota
Ohio
Eden Park
Federated Women's Clubs
General Federation of Women's Clubs
William McKinley
United States
Authors’ Grove
Atlanta
Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy and
Veterans of Foreign Wars
William D. McKinley
Margaret D
James Fuller McKinley
Brance
Hall of Fame
Legion
Earl Cooley
Colorado
Harding
John Eugroness Clubs
Lincoln Memorial
Burroughs
Whitman
Emerson
Thoreau
Muir
University of Washington
Seattle
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Missouri