Johnny Appleseed Day
Johnny Appleseed Day is held on September 26. What many people don’t know is that Johnny Appleseed was no mere legend, but was, in fact, a missionary known by the name of John Chapman. Born in Leominster, Massachusetts in 1774. This event in the third decade of the month September is annual.
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He wasn't just a legend. He didn't just randomly plant trees. He didn't plant the apples for eating. He considered himself a missionary. He planted more than just apple seeds.
Johnny Appleseed, byname of John Chapman, (born September 26, 1774, Leominster, Massachusetts—died March 18?, 1845, near Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.), American missionary nurseryman of the North American frontier who helped prepare the way for 19th-century pioneers by supplying apple-tree nursery stock throughout the Midwest.
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