Today is "Arbor Day". It is celebrated on the last Friday of April each year.It represents our awareness of trees and their importance to our environment.
The first Arbor Day was held on April 10, 1872. It's founder was Julius Sterling Morton (1832 -1902), in Nebraska.
He served as Secretary of Agriculture under President Grover Cleveland.
He began planting orchards and shade trees on his homeplace and began to promote the importance of trees .
Today our trees are being destroyed at an alarming rate due to progress and natural disasters. Do your part today and plant a tree! Every state of the United States now celebrates "Arbor Day".
This beautiful tree is the Catalpa Tree which is posted on the blog . It is covered with beautiful white orchid-like blooms. "Happy Arbor Day!"
And out of the ground made the LORD GOD to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil."
Genesis 2:9
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