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Acebot44
04-16-2005, 04:01 PM
...except Canadians because sadly you're not eligible.

Sign up and get a Free Tree (http://www.tuneupmonth.com/TreeGiveAway.asp) for Arbor Day!

Promotion Code: BSFTO

GameMaster
04-16-2005, 04:06 PM
Thanks Ace, I'll be getting an Oak tree in around 4 weeks now. I'll dedicate it to you and post picture updates every few weeks to show its growth.

Typhoid
04-16-2005, 04:24 PM
What the hell is Arbor Day?

GameMaster
04-16-2005, 04:26 PM
Arbor Day is an American holiday that encourages the planting and care of trees. It was founded by J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska City, Nebraska in 1872. When he and his wife moved from Detroit, Michigan, into the treeless prairie of Nebraska Territory in 1854, they missed the shade of trees.

Morton was a journalist who founded Nebraska's first newspaper. On January 4, 1872, he first proposed a tree-planting holiday to be called "Arbor Day" at a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture. The date was set for April 10, 1872. Prizes were offered to counties and individuals for planting properly the largest number of trees on that day. It was estimated that more than one million trees were planted in Nebraska on the first Arbor Day.

Arbor Lodge, Morton's home in Nebraska City, together with an arboretum and extensive landscaped grounds, is a state historical park and is open to the public. His adjacent farm is now "Arbor Day Farm", run for the benefit of the National Arbor Day Foundation. National Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday in April of each year. Additionally, many states hold their own Arbor Day celebrations, and similar holidays exist worldwide, some going by the very same name, as in New Zealand, Canada, and Australia.

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Canyarion
04-18-2005, 04:02 AM
Why are you looking at me? :sneaky: