Labels:text | screenshot | font | colorfulness | graphics | graphic design OCR: JDAY IS Pecan Day CalCat! BF The Story ... Today is the anniversary of the planting by George Washington, on March 25th, 1775, of pecan trees (some of which still survive!) at Mount Vernon. The trees were a gift to Washington from Thomas Jefferson, who had planted a few pecan trees at Monticello, Virginia.