Gaylord Nelson and Earth Day

Organizing at the grassroots

Read this 1970 press release by the National Education Agency describing the massive scope of activity planned for the first Earth Day

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Sources and Credits:
Document	Wisconsin Historical Society, Nelson Collection mss1020
Photographs	Credit: White House photographer. Source: Wisconsin Historical Society, Nelson Collection mss1020 ph3764.
Research and Text	Brian Hamilton
Editor	Melanie McCalmont

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