Arbor Day

Forests are the lungs

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Forests are the lungs of our land. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Will urban sprawl spread

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Will urban sprawl spread so far that most people lose all touch with nature? Will the day come when the only bird a typical American child ever sees is a canary in a pet shop window? When the only wild animal he knows is a rat-glimpsed on a night drive through some city slum? When … Read more

Suburbia is where the

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Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. Bill Vaughan

The school children of

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The school children of New York State planted more than 200,000 trees within ten years from the time Arbor Day was recognized. Few similar efforts in years have been more thoroughly commendable than the effort to get our people practically to show their appreciation of the beauty and usefulness of trees. Andrew S. Draper

The primary purpose of

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The primary purpose of the Legislature in establishing Arbor Day, was to develop and stimulate in the children of the Commonwealth a love and reverence for Nature as revealed in trees and shrubs and flowers. In the language of the statute, to encourage the planting, protection and preservation of trees and shrubs was believed to … Read more

The great object to

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The great object to be attained through the observance of Arbor Day is the cultivation of a love for nature among children, with the confident expectation that thereby the needless de-struction of the forests will be stayed, and the improvement of grounds about school buildings and residences will be promoted. Andrew S. Draper