Introduction
A day set aside for the planting of trees, Arbor Day began in Nebraska in the USA in 1872. Today people across the United States and in many other countries celebrate Arbor Day.
How Arbor Day Is Celebrated
In the USA, many states observe Arbor Day on the last Friday in April, though the date may vary depending on the climate. On Arbor Day people plant trees throughout their neighbourhood. They plant trees as memorials to loved ones, to restore damaged landscapes or just to add natural beauty to the surroundings.History
J. Sterling Morton, a newspaper editor and politician, founded Arbor Day. In 1854 he moved from Michigan to Nebraska, which was then a territory. The Nebraska Territory was a land of rolling plains with few trees. Morton missed the trees he had known in the East.After Nebraska became a state Morton asked the state to create a holiday for tree planting. Nebraskans celebrated the first Arbor Day in 1872. Arbor Day became a legal state holiday in 1885. The holiday later spread across the United States as well as to other countries.
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