Connecticut DEEP celebrates Arbor Day [Video]

CONNECTICUT, USA — The state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection joined communities across Connecticut on Friday to celebrate Arbor Day.

The tradition of celebrating Arbor Day was launched in 1872 when J. Sterling Morgan proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees. The holiday was first observed with the planting of more than one million trees in Nebraska; today it is celebrated all over the world.

According to the Arbor Day Foundation, the day is for people to unite in “recognition of the wonders of trees,” as communities, schools, businesses, and individuals plant commemorative trees, hand out free trees, provide education on tree planting and care and celebrate the benefits trees provide.

National Arbor Day is always celebrated on the final Friday of …