To the editor:

Arbor Day is April 30 this year. In Indiana it is celebrated on the fourth Friday of April each year. This is the day many groups and individuals plant trees. Our first Arbor Day in this country was on April 10, 1872, and organized by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska. Now, Arbor Day is celebrated around the world.

Trees provide so much to us that we may sometimes lose sight of all that trees do for us. They clean our air, protect our drinking water, create healthy communities — and not just for humans. They provide material for homes and businesses and endless other items. Not to mention that to walk among the trees in the forest can feed our souls as well.

Please join the Nashville Tree Board, the county and others on Friday, April 30, 2021 at the EMS Base at 53 State Road 46 at 1 p.m. as we plant a Yellowwood tree in support of all our first responders and others that have been there for all of us this past year — a year of uncertainty and fear, a year where we had to count on ourselves and others to see us through the COVID-19 pandemic. Please come and honor them and everyone in our community as we honor those that served us during that time. All the people behind that worked in the front lines no matter what that job was.

A tree is a symbol of life, a symbol that lives on and gives back. So please take a few minutes out of your day on April 30 at 1 p.m. and join the Nashville Tree Board and the county in sharing this event.

Cathy Paradise, Brown County

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