civilian conservation corps

• Rebuilding a Nation, by Hand Civilian Conservation Corps Put Men Back to Work in 1930s

The nation was reeling in the 1930s. In the aftermath of the stock market crash, banks and financial institutions failed. Unemployment was rampant. Food lines were common. In the midst of this hardship, the Civilian Conservation Corps was created as a two-pronged plan to generate income and to make jobs.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• July 22, 2009

• Secs. 584 to 584q. Omitted

...1253, related to establishment of Corps. Section 584a, act June 28, 1937, ch. 383, Sec. 2,...383, related to appointment of civilian personnel with powers of notaries public. Section ...

• U.S. Code - Title 16: Conservation

• Laurel Hill State Park Statue Honors Civilian Conservation Corps

For many years, Civilian Conservation Corps workers have gathered on the first Saturday in July at Laurel Hill State Park to help children build bluebird boxes. I enjoy working with the children on the boxes," said Laverne John Livengood, of Somerset. "I come and help every year.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• July 15, 2007

• Ccc Service Recalled 75 Years Later ; Those Who Served in the Civilian Conservation Corps Say It Prepared Them for Life Afterward.

At age 17, Thomas Desjardins joined the Civilian Conservation Corps so he could help his family in Lewiston. His mother was a widow, and Desjardins needed a job to help her pay the bills. It was 1938.

• Portland Press Herald
• April 25, 2008

• New Trail Would Serve As Preservation Tool: ; Sites Built by State's Civilian Conservation Corps Would Be Marked, Identified Through Project

Officials are working to create a new thematic trail that would preserve sites built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in West Virginia. The preservation trail was the brainchild of the State Historic Preservation Office and Preservation Alliance of West Virginia.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• April 04, 2008

• Times Are Bad, but They've Been Worse Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni to Mark 75th Anniversary

Ed Mondroski knows hard times. I came from a family of 15 people. Sometimes we had to fight for a place at the table because there was no food, there was no money to buy food," Mondroski recalled.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• November 24, 2008

• Theyre Slipping Away From Us: ; Depression-Era Workers Reunite to Share Memories of Civilian Conservation Corps

FOR THE DAILY MAIL At 90, Boomer Plumley can recall the days when, as a teenager, he helped forge trails through some of West Virginias biggest patche...

• Charleston Daily Mail
• September 12, 2007

• Potpourri

In the wake of the Great Recession, about 13 million Americans remain jobless - but they have little political clout and mostly are ignored. In an essay printed in last Tuesday's paper, former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich wrote: "You'd think the American public would be demanding government action: a new WPA for the long-term unemployed." Bravo. Why can't Washington launch Depression-style work brigades like the Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration? During the 1930s, they saved millions of jobless victims. ***

• Charleston Gazette
• June 28, 2011

• Letters to the Editor

Rather than dismiss workers, cut their pay As an old-timer who lived through the 1930s, I endorse Illie Csorba's proposal ("Ease joblessness with public works," Jan. 25 letter) to revive the Civilian Conservation Corps. It created useful infrastructure from some of which (expanded) we still benefit.

• Roanoke Times & World News
• February 07, 2011

• Civilian Conservation Corps Veterans Gather Saturday

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• Yakima Herald-Republic
• July 15, 2005