“A day to help promote awareness for our planet and the animals, plants, and habitats that live on it.”
In 1971, President Nixon signed a law that established Earth Day as a national holiday commemorating the significance of environmental stewardship. On April 22nd in 1970, he issued a presidential proclamation in which he declared “a day to focus attention on our nation’s need to preserve and protect natural resources.”
The seminal environmentalist David Brower submitted his own draft proclamation with a date of June 5,1970—Earth Day was originally conceived as an annual event to be celebrated every year on this day.
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