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CCC Background		Civilian Conservation Corps What was it? Why should we remember? Little known pieces of community history are all around us. The question is: What do we do with them? Are we curious or do we just walk on by? Do we see history as having value to our community or do we care? The purpose of the CCC News website is to encourage an interest in exploring the history and legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). For those of you who don't know about the Civilian Conservation Corps there is a brief history included. For those of you who have heard of the CCC but haven't thought about it lately please take the time to learn more. What was it? When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was inaugurated in 1933, he was keenly aware of the economic crises that had befallen the nation' s population. Millions of unemployed languished in downward spiral of the Great Depression and one of his most successful solutions was a public service program called the Civilian Conservation Corps which put men to work renewing natural resources. Across America young men labored on the land creating the infrastructure of forests, parks, dams, bridges, wildlife and natural resource programs. *Why should we remember?* The legacy of depression era public works programs are still with us nearly everywhere we go. In the case of the CCC, the legacy is rooted in the history of the modern natural resource preservation movement. The CCC renewed America's natural resources and molded the lives of millions of young men. Considered by many to be the most successful of Roosevelt's New Deal programs it is said to be the greatest natural resource conservation effort ever recorded. All of this being said, what good does it do if people don't know about it. Do you have a CCC story you want to share? Family Story?..... Anecdote?.....Newspaper article? High School or College paper? Please send it for consideration to be published on this website so others can appreciate this interesting facet of the renewal of American's natural resources. All contributions should be considered free and open to the public. Credit will be given to participating contributors. Your information can be mailed to: CCC News Camp Roosevelt CCC Legacy Foundation P.O. Box 341 Edinburg, VA 22824 or emailed to: CCC@CCCLegacy.org The Camp Roosevelt CCC Legacy Foundation is a non profit heritage organization.	*Who makes history?* As we go about our daily lives, each of us records a piece of our personal history. It could be in school, church, civic organizations or work. Some of us will be destined to leave an imprint on the face of our world while others will have a more limited impact. Perhaps, our personal history might only be known to family and friends. Perhaps our history will be a smaller collection of a great story. Each small tale or artifact building until a whole and exciting facet of humanity emerges -- one layer at a time. As I have been working to help record the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, I hear people say over and over again, "Well, we were poor and I want to forget the Depression." Or, "My kids and grandchildren don't care about what I did before the war." Sometimes the children say, "Dad never talked about that much because he just wanted to get on with life." In each instance the passing of a personal history is being stopped in its tracks. Care enough to tell your story. Children, care enough to reach out and "pass your families history to the next generation". Joan Sharpe, President Camp Roosevelt CCC Legacy Foundation P.O. Box 341 Edinburg, VA 22824
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Camp Roosevelt NF-1
	Early Days
Later Years
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Fechner Memorial Forest
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