Is The REAL Earth Day Founder Actually a Man from IOWA?
Will the REAL Earth Day founder please stand up?
Shortly after Blog for Iowa published a story about the death of former Wisconsin Governor and U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, we heard from reader Allan Anderson:
Sorry,
Blog for Iowa, you got it wrong when you stated that Gaylord Nelson
founded Earth Day. While he was a great environmentalist, it was
John McConnell [of Davis City, Iowa] who originated Earth Day.
For documentation of this, do a Google search. Type in: John
McConnell Earth Day. So many people, like you, were misled by a
belief that “got legs of its own.” Gaylord … never said that he,
in his own words, was the founder of Earth Day, or that he originated
the term 'Earth Day.'
John
McConnell was the FIRST to: (1) originate Earth Day; (2) choose the Day
to take place on the Vernal Equinox in March; (3) get it into a major
cities' proclamation; (4) write a 'Magna Charta' stating the
purpose of Earth Day; (5) get it accepted by the U.N.; (6) choose the
Earth Day flag; and (7) get presidential recognition for originating Earth
Day (from four presidents prior to President Clinton’s giving Gaylord
Nelson an award).
Hey, Allan, thanks for the heads up! We stand corrected.
I took Allan’s advice and did a Google search. Read more about Iowa’s John McConnell here, here, and here.
That ought to teach me to never EVER trust the mainstream media.
I thought I'd already learned that lesson. Eee-gads!
Mr. McConnell, we salute you!
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