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Founded in 1970 by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. In America, this means different things depending on where you are. In Portland and Boulder, it means a festival. In rural communities, it means planting trees. In Congress, it means a resolution that receives bipartisan support and then nothing happens.
On April 22, 1889, over 50,000 people lined up at the border of the Unassigned Lands in Oklahoma Territory. At noon, a cannon fired, and they raced to claim land. Some snuck in early and were called "sooners." The AHA! moment: the University of Oklahoma's mascot, the Sooner, is named after the people who cheated. This is either ironic or honest, depending on how you look at it.