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Louis Couinty, MO and was rededicated on Oct. 2 Originally dedicated at Jefferson Barraks in St. Cost included manufacture of mold to be used for other statues. Contributions by many loyal CCC veterans. 1 North Higgins State Park, Roscommon, MI, June 3, 1995. The organization is still alive but not as active since most of “the boys” have died but many family members are keeping some groups alive. To date there are 76 statues in place with hopes of more to come. One of their goals was to obtain funds to pay for the creation and installation of a uniform, commemorative CCC Worker statue in as many of their campsites as possible. Their own personal and educational needs were met by the program until WWII broke out and they all joined our military forces continuing to serve our country in a new way.Īfter the war was over, many of the “CCC boys” chose to create an alumni organization with chapters nationwide. They lived and worked in CCC camps all over the nation run by the Army and earned $1.00 a day ($30 per month) with $25 of those dollars going back every month to their families. For nine years those young men working to preserve our land were enrolled in a program known as the CCC and also as Roosevelt’s Tree Army.

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Roosevelt addressed another economic and environment problem with hopes of saving our horrendous land situation by putting some five million jobless young men to work restoring our land. A few days after solving the bank problem, Pres.









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