APRIL 29: National Arbor Day 

Profile America — Friday, April 29th. Today is National Arbor Day, an observance going back 150 years to celebrate nature’s bounty of trees. Arbor Day comes with plenty of flexibility, though, as different states note the occasion on different dates, and even in a different month. Julius Sterling Morton moved to the tree-poor Nebraska Territory in the mid-1850s with his wife, and while he worked as a newspaper editor and politician, they 

campaigned for tree planting. On April 10, 1872, it became the first state to celebrate Arbor Day. Nationwide, there are just over 1,000 people in 169 establishments engaged in operating forest nurseries, and gathering forest products. In addition, there are about 13,300 plant nurseries, garden centers and farm supply stores to aid in greening the United States. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.

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Occasion, accessed 8/20/2021

National Arbor Day and states, accessed 10/27/2020

History, accessed 8/20/2021

Forest nurseries and gathering of forest products, County Business Patterns, NAICS 1132

Nurseries, garden centers and farm supply stores, County Business Patterns, NAICS 44422