How was I not taught about this in highschool American history? This should be highlighted as one of the major victories of the New Deal in every highschool in America.
@bryantwoodard43023 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather went straight to WW2 after his stint in the CCC's. He saw people broke and begging for food during the great depression. He later became a wealthy man but still drove around a old chevy pickup truck. He was very tight with that money too.
@josephkondrat70846 жыл бұрын
My father was in the C.C.C. in 1938 and 39. He served in Warren, N.H. at that time. In 1940 and 41 he was between N.H. and Vermont. After Pearl Harbor he enlisted in the U.S. Army serving in North Africa and Europe.
@pbhop8479 Жыл бұрын
Excellent series
@candleice8917 жыл бұрын
Excellant video series. Maybe more search tags needed to increase veiwership ? This deserves to be seen by more people, especially with the present political climate.
@verasmith47672 жыл бұрын
My father was sent to New Mexico. Planted trees.
@DougGrinbergs2 жыл бұрын
FYI, the Living New Deal is mapping CCC, WPA, other New Deal projects...
@davidkeck18783 жыл бұрын
My Dad joined the CCC when he was 14 after his father had a massive heart attack and left him to be the breadwinner of the family. As they say he got to keep $5.00 per month as anything else went home to support his mother and two sisters. He was very proud of the work they did and as a boy I spent a lot of time at Fair Haven State Park in Upstate NY that my dad and other boys under the direction of the Army Corps Engineers. I would almost support something like this today were it not for the nagging suspicion this would just turn into a giant waste of public funds. I heard stories of the Americorps under the Clinton Administration that did not accomplish much of anything other than a lot of the participants partying on the public dole. Guess it was to get them ready for a life on welfare.
@elmobolan42744 жыл бұрын
Man, u couldn't get young men today to do this kind of wk, my grandfather participated in the ccc camp...
@tay75264 жыл бұрын
i literally had to come here for school
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@wtcohen2 жыл бұрын
When some folk actually worked… but only because they had too in order to eat! They no longer had free labor, and had to get up off of their duff, and work, to eat. My father turned 6 years old in 1933, and because blacks were not eligible for welfare or any type of government assistance as whites were, he helped his 9 year old brother delivering papers to an amazingly well read black community in West Philadelphia, to bring home nickels and pennies to help his Dad put food on the table. So contrary to conservative propaganda and disinformation news sources, blacks were not even eligible for welfare until the late 1960’s. So who was actually in welfare at that time? The truth is unpopular among (false) conservatives, so we will leave it there!