National Arbor Day

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Dates of National Arbor Day
2025 USA Friday, April 25thNational Arbor Day
2024 USA Friday, April 26thNational Arbor Day
2023 USA Friday, April 28thNational Arbor Day
2022 USA Friday, April 29thNational Arbor Day
2021 USA Friday, April 30thNational Arbor Day
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The customary observance is to plant a tree. On the first Arbor Day, April 10, 1872, an estimated one million trees were planted. Became a national holiday in 1972. Arbor Day is Americas oldest environmental holiday and celebration. It is celebrated on the fourth Friday in April every year. It is a tree-planting holiday that was founded in Nebraska in 1872. It was created to encourage people to plant trees in Nebraska, as it was largely a treeless state.

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