State of Connecticut
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
JOHN H. TRUMBULL
GOVERNOR
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|N these days of industrial activity and commercial
pursuit we are prone to forget that the blessings
of our plant and bird life, originally ours by the
bounty of God, are preserved to us only by the
industry of man. That we may awaken and stimulate in
the minds of our youth the need of preserving these bless-
ings, and that our love of nature may express itself, on one
day at least, in terms of practical and intelligent husbandry,
I hereby designate Friday, the twenty-third day of April
next, as
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and I urge all citizens, especially all children and teachers
of children, to turn their thoughts and their hands on this
day to the planting of trees, the making of gardens, the
reclaiming of soil to the uses of agriculture, the beautifying
by flowers and shrubbery of Our homes and highways, the
care of our bird life and all similar activities, to the end that
the fruits of the earth may be preserved in abundance for
us and for those who shall come after us.
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Given under my hand and seal of the State at the Capitol, in Hartford, this eighth day of
| April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six and of the
independence of the United States the one hundred and fiftieth.
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By His Excellency’s Command:
Secretary.



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