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Johnny's apples were great for cider, though. We keep track of fun holidays and special moments on the cultural calendar — giving you exciting activities, deals, local events, brand promotions, and other exciting ways to celebrate. Holiday survey data is powered by TOP Agency. Skip to content View the calendar. Today Friday. November Chicken Soup for the Soul Day.

Lifestyle Mental Health. National Donor Sabbath. National French Dip Day. American Fast Food. National Happy Hour Day. Fast Food Italian Food. World Pneumonia Day. Awareness Diseases. Special Interest. Menu National Today. Johnny Appleseed American environmentalist Birthday : September 26 , Birthplace : Leominster, Massachusetts, U. Death Date : March 11 , Age at death : 70 years old.

Sign : Libra. Johnny Appleseed Rank th most popular person ever 35th born on September 26 st most famous American th Libra. About Johnny Appleseed Johnny Appleseed was an American nurseryman, missionary and wanderer best remembered for wandering many parts of the United States and planting apple trees. Trivia The reason he never got married was because he strongly believed he would be rewarded in heaven for abstaining from marriage.

His intense love for animals saw him become a vegetarian in his later years. Meriwether Lewis - American soldier and explorer, leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Ram Mohan Roy - Indian reformer. We know that John Chapman became an orchardist and nurseryman. He was, for the time, an eccentric — a vegetarian, an evangelist, and one who traveled barefoot. Equally out of character for the day, he showed kindness to animals and befriended Native Americans he came in contact with.

Chapman became a folk figure, helping to tame the wilderness by planting apple orchards. In America of the s and s, apples were grown not for eating but for making hard cider, which was a huge part of frontier life.

It was a safe — in a time when water could be full of dangerous bacteria, cider could be imbibed without worry. Hard cider was as much a part of dining as meat or bread, and Johnny Appleseed brought the means for making the alcoholic drink of choice to the frontier. Frontier law allowed people to lay claim to wilderness land by developing a permanent homestead. One could make a land claim by planting 50 apple trees.

Chapman realized that he could plant orchards and sell them for profit to incoming frontiersmen. Chapman carried a leather bag filled with apple seeds he collected from cider mills.

Legend says he planted his seeds in open places in the forests, along roadways and by streams. May 01 Sat. Law Day. May 04 Tue. Jul 25 Sun.

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