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World War II Veterans Memorial State Park is a public recreation area located in the city of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. [4] The park occupies land known as the Social flatlands where textile mills operated along the banks of the Mill River until the early years of the 20th century.
The district includes six historic buildings, three of which are part of the Woonsocket Rubber Company Mill, dating from c. 1857 to c. 1919. The other buildings in the district are the Island Machine Company (c. 1874), the Barnai Worsted Company Dyeworks (c. 1919), and a wood-frame structure (c. 1870), that is the last surviving elements of the ...
In 1960 the camp received a bronze bell, dated 1891. Howard Fowler, Editor of The Mansfield News and former Council President, was instrumental in procuring the bell from the Mansfield Fire Department. It came from an old firehouse on West Church St In Mansfield. Camp Norse was the sole camp of the council located at 112 Parting Ways Rd ...
From left to right: Members of a work camp organized by the First English Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Group Mission Trips, Landon Oldham, 18, Elena Lane, 16, Margey Hirner, 16, and ...
The Museum of Work and Culture is a museum in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, that features exhibits focusing on the city's textile manufacturing heritage. The museum is operated by the Rhode Island Historical Society and located at 42 South Main Street in Market Square in the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor .
Later additions to the group were Tamarack Farm (a work camp for 15- to 17-year-olds of all genders), Saltash Mountain (co-ed, focused on hiking trips), Flying Cloud (for 11- to 14-year-old boys, originally borrowing the traditions of the Lakota people but later creating their own system of wilderness living in the manner of cultures from ...
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Workcamp volunteering commonly involves teams of 10–16 young people from multiple countries that live and work together while completing some form of work project. [4] Usually younger people from the ages of 18 on are the main participant group, but some organizations also have camps for teenagers from the age of 15 or specifically for older ...