Yesterday was Earth Day. Back in 1970, a bunch of people convinced that we were about to enter into another ice age proposed an awareness day to promote the environmental movement.
It also doubled (same crowd, why not?) as a trade show for drug paraphernalia. There was a screening of "Reefer Madness."
The day was set as April 22 for a few reasons:
1. The birth of John Muir was April 21. He founded the Sierra Club. But, the people in charge thought his birthday was April 22. Oops.
2. Eddie Albert of the show Green Acres was born on April 22. In his honor, people shouted, “Give me that countryside!” at the opening ceremonies.
3. Julius Sterling Morton, the founder of Arbor Day, was born on April 22. This was a nice honor…but now that Earth Day has largely overshadowed Arbor Day (only Nebraska still has it as an official holiday), I would suspect ol’ Julius is a bit miffed.
The FBI thought that there was another reason. The would-have-been 100th birthday of Lenin was April 22, 1970 and the boys from the bureau thought Earth Day was connected somehow. Ok, whatever.
Finally, yesterday was Holli’s birthday.
Honey, sorry the crazy people took over your special day.
