The CCC was President Roosevelt’s answer to the environmental and economic challenges facing the country. Enlisting 250,000 workers in just two months, the CCC was an ambitious undertaking that brought several government agencies together in the effort.
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of "Mountaineers" in the Shenandoah National Park by the National Park Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The final part of the film illustrates work projects conducted by the CCC in Shenandoah National Park. The three categories in the film are accompanied by specific songs and m...
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National Public Lands Day Program Director, Robb Hampton toured the nation this summer to capture the celebration that many youth conservation organizations are recognizing. The Civilian Conservation Corps is celebrating their 75th Anniversary in 2008 with the grand ceremony at Prince William For...
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The lagoons are stocked with bass, walleye, northern pike and more, making for what some fisherman say is one of the best spots in Illinois. The lagoons were created from a marshland as one of the largest Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) projects of the 1930s. They’re now one of the most beauti...
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Monday, November 2 at 8:oo PM on LPB In March 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt provided relief for the one out of four American workers unemployed via the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) putting more than three million young men to work in the nation’s forests and parks. Hear the story of on...
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From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Jim Kirchherr meets some of the remaining members of the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC. In 1933, President Roosevelt created the CCC as a way to put unemployed men to work during the Depression. There were more than 3 million "CCC boys" that worked to cre...
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Poinsett State Park is near Wedgefield, just southwest of Sumter. Poinsett has been in the state park system since 1934, and was developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. The weather, the history, and the hiking, make Poinsett a fine destination.
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This is the start of the Colossal Cave Mountain Park 5k Run in Tucson. Proceeds are for the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) Museum at the park. The starter for the race is Alvin Lindstrom, 92 years-old, one of the few remaining members of the CCC. The organization was started by President Frank...
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This story on the Civilian Conservation Corps first aired on the West Virginia PBS program "Outlook" on July 28, 2005. It was rebroadcast Jan. 25, 2007. Pat Sergent product this story.
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