10 JOHNNY APPLESEED FACTS
- Johnny Appleseed’s real name is John Chapman.
- Johnny was born in September 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts, United States.
- We celebrate two Johnny Appleseed Days: Sept 26th, which is his birthday, and March 11, his death.
- Johnny was a missionary, and his favorite book was the Bible.
- He never married, but he wasn’t a lonely man: he had friends everywhere across America!
- Johnny was wealthy, but he didn’t like to flaunt it. Instead, he chose to dress modestly and even wore the same pants all year round.
- He didn’t plant seeds in random places; actually, he carefully planned, bought land, and cared for the trees he planted.
- He was so kind, that sometimes he gave away his trees to people who couldn’t afford them.
- He was a vegetarian! He loved animals so much and even rescued a wolf that he found in a trap.
- Johnny Appleseed loved sleeping under the stars in a hammock or burrowed in a pile of leaves.