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Arbor Day is a holiday about celebrating the beauty of nature, much like Earth Day. Texas Tech has an interesting tradition where plants are planted every year around campus in celebration of Arbor Day.
Charles Leatherwood, the managing director for Grounds Maintenance at Tech, discussed some of the history of Arbor Day at Tech and the grounds maintenance crewâs involvement with the holiday.
âThe very first Arbor Day on campus happened in 1938,â Leatherwood said. âThey went and planted a lot of plants around campus and around the buildings. Back when John Montford was the chancellor, back in 1996, they had this whole campus beautification started again.â