Description: Civilian Conservation Corps in Virginia, Virginia, Images of America, Paperback 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.
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467125246
Book Title: Civilian Conservation Corps in Virginia
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Patty Elton, Joe Elton
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional), United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, De, FL, GA, Md, Nc, SC, VA, WV)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Photography, Travel, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
