Civilian
Conservation Corps in Virginia
The Shenandoah Valley Connection
"I propose to create a Civilian
Conservation Corps to be used in simple work… more
important, however, than the material gains will be the
moral and spiritual value of such work." Franklin
D. Roosevelt March 9, 1933
The
Great Depression, Displaced Mountaineers, and the C.C.C.
America
was in the grip of the Great Depression when Franklin
Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated in March of 1933.
More than twenty-five percent of the population was
unemployed, hungry, and without hope.
History
of the CCC
The CCC program was
considered President Roosevelt's pet project, and before
the end of his first day in office as president, he had
put his idea into action. Five days later he called six
men to the White House – the secretaries of
war, interior, and agriculture, the director of the
budget, the solicitor of the Department of the Interior
and the judge advocate. These agencies would work
together at different levels to create the corps.
In his acceptance speech,
the President said, "There are ten millions of acres
east of the Mississippi alone, in abandoned farms, in
cutover land now growing up in brush. It is clear that
economic foresight and immediate employment go hand in
hand in the call for reforestation of these vast areas.
In so doing, employment can be given to a million men."
The New Deal measure
known as "an act for the relief of unemployment
through the performance of useful public work," was
passed by Congress and signed by the president before the
end of the inaugural month.
The prominently recognized
facets of the CCC
legacy cover a wide range of items
Three Billion trees
were planted to help reforest America
Modern tenants of
conservation are an outgrowth of the
conservation work begun by the CCC.
The 1st fire
fighting training methods were initiated
at Camp Roosevelt in Fort Valley, Virginia.
Constructed public
roadways and buildings. One of the most
recognizable examples in the central eastern
United States is the Blue Ridge Parkway and Shenandoah National Park.
Soil conservation was
taught to private citizen as well as implemented
on government land. The dust bowl of the Great
Plains hampered agricultural output for many
years.
Built and operated fish
hatcheries which replenished the species
killed by unfavorable conservation practices.
Reintroduced
wildlife to depleted area. The regional
deer population was depleted and Camp Roosevelt
enrollees went to Pennsylvania and returned with
mating pairs.
The boys supported
their families by earning $30 monthly
through the distribution of a $25 financial
allotment to home. More info >>> www.ccclegacy.org
Edinburg Virginia's Role in the
CCC
Edinburg VA had a Civilian Conservation Camp.
In 1933, as part of the President Roosevelt's New Deal
program, the seventh C.C.C. camp was established for
blacks and located at Wolf Gap near Liberty Furnace. The
C.C.C. camps used unemployed young men to help foresters
in the conservation and development of natural resources.
A recreation area enjoyed by people from all over the
country was established at the site of old Camp Roosevelt
in the center of Fort Valley.
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Heritage Center is operated by the
Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society
Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical
Society The
Heritage Center is operated by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham
Historical Society, an organization that has itself
existed for more one hundred years
Preservation
of Historic Winchester, Inc.(PHW) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization established in 1964 to preserve the Lower
Shenandoah Valley's cultural heritage including buildings,
archeological sites, open landscape, battlefields, and
artifacts. The membership-based organization achieves its
mission through advocacy and a variety of programs,
services and special events.
Civil War in The
Shenandoah Valley The Valley
Campaigns of 1864 were American Civil War operations and
battles that took place in the Shenandoah Valley of
Virginia from May to October 1864. Military historians
divide this period into three separate campaigns.
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