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Poster by Albert M. Bender, produced by the Illinois WPA Art Project Chicago in 1935 for the CCC CCC boys leaving camp in Lassen National Forest for home. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. [1]
The Conservation Corps State Museum is located in four barracks buildings on the grounds of Camp San Luis Obispo. Opened in 1995, the museum exhibits the works of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in California. One building is a replica of a 1930s CCC barracks, including tools, uniforms and other artifacts. The museum is open by appointment.
Civilian Conservation Corps poster (1935) President Franklin Roosevelt valued the CCC because it was fueled both by his passion for rural life and the philosophy of William James. [3] [4] James deemed this sort of program the "moral equivalent of war," channeling the passion for combat into productive service. [5]
A Bonus Expeditionary Force camp was along the Taneytown Road near the Gettysburg National Cemetery. 1933-06-10 CCC camps. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established [G 9] camp NP-1 in Pitzer Woods [G 10] (45 tents by July 3), [G 11] and the facility was named "Camp Renaissance" by October. [54] 1934-02-03
The park contains many fine examples of Civilian Conservation Corps rustic National Park Service-style architecture of the 1930s. CCC workers created pavilions, park buildings, and enclosures for the park's many natural springs. [5] The Chickasaw National Recreation Area preserves partially forested hills of south-central Oklahoma near Sulphur.
Civilian Conservation Corps by U.S. state (49 C) Pages in category "Civilian Conservation Corps camps" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
This large park is best known for its championship 18-hole golf course and the 300-acre (1.2 km 2) Lake Juniper, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. [1] [2] Visitors can rent kayaks, canoes, and non-motorized joy boats to explore the lake, as well as fish for the catfish, bass, and bream found in the lake. [3]
Civilian Conservation Corps in New Mexico (1 C, 4 P) Civilian Conservation Corps in New York (state) (14 P) Civilian Conservation Corps in North Carolina (1 C, 13 P)