Civilian Conservation Corps in Virginia

In 1933, the United States was struggling to survive the Great Depression. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt promised a New Deal to put the nation back to work. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was launched in Virginia s Blue Ridge Mountains, where the first camp, Camp Roosevelt, was built. The CCC was widely acclaimed as the most popular of Roosevelt s programs. In Virginia, CCC workers built Shenandoah National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, the first six state parks, and more. Despite the program s success, senators from Virginia led the Congressional efforts to kill the CCC in 1942."

Product details

• Authors: Joe Elton, Patty Elton
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.03.2017
• EAN: 9781540215161
• ISBN: 978-1-5402-1516-1
• No. of pages: 130
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 250 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 417 g
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous