Earth Day 2018: Remember Founder Gaylord Nelson from my State of Wisconsin


Nearly 50 yrs ago Wisconsin leadership were leaders in the environmental movement. As a reminder of that, here is an article about Gaylord Nelson, who founded Earth Day in 1970. He died in 2005 but his legacy is an important one to revisit.

“Preservation of the environment is important as well as Perservation of Family History. We learn from the past, if we keep the knowledge going forward.” Rettammel Genealogy.

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Earth Day 2018: Remember Founder Gaylord Nelson from my State of Wisconsin

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