Today Earth Day seems like a no-brainer… anyone who really enjoys the water or the out of doors at all, should see the benefits to preserving what we have.
But not everyone has always embraced Earth Day. The first Earth Day combined with Vietnam War protesters. Early protesters against the April 22nd gatherings also included the Daughters of the American Revolution. The DAR was concerned about a vast Communist conspiracy… seeing as how April 22nd, 1970 marked the centennial of Lenin's birth (Most likely a coincidence). It was also Eddie Albert's birthday and the birthday of Arbor Day founder Julius Morton and just a day after JOhn Muirs birthday — founder of the Sierra Club. Or maybe they were just all Commies.
The DAR protest resulted in this fantastic quote printed in the May 4th, 1970 issue of Time magazine “Subversive elements plan to make American children live in an environment that is good for them.”
As for the 40th Earth Day, the biggest controversy is probably about the scientific validity of the Global Warming (or climate change) argument.
Bottom line as a boater…
Bring on Global Warming … more water for us.
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