Arbor Day in Massachusetts: April 28, 1906 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Arbor Day in Massachusetts: April 28, 1906

The resolve establishing an Arbor Day in this Commonwealth was passed by the Legislature of 1886 (chapter 32), and was approved by the Governor on April 9 of that year. The resolve is as follows: -

Resolved, That his excellency the governor is requested to set apart in each year the last Saturday in April as Arbor Day, and to issue his proclamation recommending that it be observed by the people of the Commonwealth in the planting of trees, shrubs and vines, in the promotion of forest growth and culture, in the adornment of public and private grounds, places and ways, and in such other efforts and undertakings as shall be in harmony with the general character of a day so established.

A copy of the proclamation of His Excellency Governor Guild for the current year has very kindly been supplied by him for incorporation in this pamphlet.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

By His Excellency Curtis Guild, Jr., Governor: -

A Proclamation.

In accordance with the provisions of section 16 of chapter 53 of the Revised Laws, and in conformity with the custom founded thereon, I hereby set apart Saturday, the twenty-eighth day of April current, as Arbor Day.

Let the day be observed by the people by planting trees, shrubs and vines. I suggest that, especially in the towns, systematic and logically developed plans be considered by the local governments for the protection of all highways alike from wind and rain by the planting of trees along the roadside.

The oak, the ash, the elm, the maple, the locust, the poplar and the willow are particularly suitable for this purpose. I suggest that those highways most in need of protection, and the kind of trees desired, be specified by the local authorities in appeals to the people.

Let each citizen who plants a tree feel that he is leaving behind him a living monument of civic service, that in the days to come shall be not a reminder merely, but a comfort to those who pass beneath its cooling shade.

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