Celebrate Johnny Appleseed Day with us, 2:00-3:00 pm the library will have sliced apples with Carmel sauce. Johnny Appleseed is a famous historical American figure, who’s most noteable for his spread of apple trees throughout Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. He was a prominent conservationalist, business man and religious figure, and well known and liked for his kindness and generosity – Johnny Appleseed Day commemorates his birth on September 26, 1774.