print email comment close Today in History: The First Arbor Day URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr10.html Description: The history of Arbor Day with vintage posters and related links. According to this site, "Nebraskans planted more than a million trees on April 10, 1872, in celebration of the first Arbor Day." From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. Publisher: Library of Congress Library of Congress Subject Headings: Arbor Day Conservation of natural resources -- United States -- History Holidays LII Database Information: Record 2687 created by Carol Terry on 03/22/2003 Last modification on 03/26/2003 Published: 03/22/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2687