75th Anniversary events
that are presently being planned by NACCCA/CCC Legacy Members
Below is a partial list of
events that are being planned by CCC Legacy Members. Please
forward information about your 75th Anniversary project.
National Programs
CCC Legacy named national partners with the Corps
Network & National Public Lands Day
- National Program with Corps Network and National Public Lands
Day
·
CCC Legacy national program is the
National 75th Anniversary Tree Planting Program which is a
partnership effort between the Corps Network and National Public Lands
Day (NPLD) organization to recognize the youth of yesterday and today
through the planting of trees and other work on public land to honor
the men of the CCC. Modern service and conservation corps will
invite alumni to events across
America
. NPLD organization will reaffirm their commitment to the care
of CCC developed public land that they proclaimed at the 2001 NACCCA
Reunion at
Shenandoah
National Park.
·
Both
organizations will teach the value of the CCC and involve local
communities in the 75th anniversary. The tool
kit for participation is still being developed by the Corps Network.
Include all the states that chose to participate.
National New Deal Preservation Association (NNDPA)
Serving as the spearhead for
encouraging national participation and organizing national events in
many agencies of New Deal heritage.
A list of events can be viewed by going to www.newdeallegacy.org
State Programs
Alabama:
·
Eagle Scout, Grant Atkinson is
raising funds for a CCC Statue at Cheaha
State Park.
·
8th Region USDA FS is seeking
information from the other National Forests within the region to
document CCC activity in the south east forests.
Arizona:
California:
·
CCC Statue Fundraising and
awareness Campaign – Bob Griffiths
Connecticut:
·
Northeast
CCC
Museum
festivities – Pam Silvestre / Walter Sekula
Florida:
·
75th anniversary
activity in conjunction with the annual CCC Festival held at Highland
Hammocks
State Park
the first Saturday in November.
Georgia:
·
Savannah
– Advocacy group for
Bacon
Park
, built by the CCC, orchestrating and event is entertaining the idea
of supporting a Youth Conservation Corps to honor the men of Camp
#460. There will be other activities as well. –
Elizabeth Scott
Idaho:
·
Idaho
's
First
State park
will be 100 years old and a celebration is planned for
July 12, 2008
. Plans are being considered for NACCCA Chapter 41 members to plant a
tree or some activity there at that time to remember the CCC's that
were responsible for developing the park. –
Marie Eier
Maine:
·
March 31 - CCC Day
Celebration at the State House
Massachusetts:
·
March 31 - Boston, MA: -
DCR in cooperation with the State Legislature will kick-off the CCC
Celebration. 11:00 am - Hearing Room437. Reading of Governor's Proclamation.
Alumni in attendance will be recognized.
May 17 -Southeastern MA: Myles Standish
State Forest CCC & Park Serve Day Event, Fearing Pond, Plymouth.
May 31 - Western MA: CCC Day Event
Wendell State Forest 10:00am - 3:00pm A park program exploring
the life and times of the CCC.
October 11: Central MA: CCC Day
Celebration, Upton State Forest.
Montana:
·
75th Anniversary Commemoration Event at the Birch Creek
CCC Camp near
Dillion
,
MT.
This event will be
jointly sponsored between the
Beaverhead-Deerlodge
National Forest
and the
University
of
Montana-Western
. Outdoor Education
Program. The event
will be held August 2, and 3, 2008.
Outdoor open house, lunch, speakers, music, demonstrations of
traditional skills.
New Hampshire:
New York:
·
Ten Mile River Scout Camp is
celebrating the 75th anniversary of the CCC in conjunction
with the 80th birthday of the Ten Mile River Scout Camps
South Dakota:
·
The Garden Clubs in the north east
part of the state are advocating a state wide involvement that will
include tree planting and a tree count program that would be part of
the 75th anniversary National Tree Planting effort. –
Linda Witt
·
Chapter #177,
Rapid City
,
SD
– is orchestrating the statue installation and the new
CCC
Museum
in
Hill City
,
SD
– Peggy Sanders
Texas
:
Virginia:
·
Commemorative CCC Stamp
Cancellation –
May 17, 2008
·
Rededication of the
Fechner
Memorial
Forest
created by Executive Order upon the death of Robert Fechner.
Location Camp
Roosevelt.
May 17, 2008
·
Eagle Scout Matthew Dellinger will
clean off original trails, help to build the monument to Robert
Fechner, and locate the remaining foundations through the use of GPS
technology.
·
Virginia
Department
of Forestry – CCC 75th anniversary will be featured on
the front and back cover of the annual seedling sale catalog will
feature the red oak seedling as the CCC 75th anniversary
commemorate tree. All
Virginia
citizens and organizations who order plants through the Virginia DoF
will see the catalog. It
will also be featured on the VA DoF website.
·
75th Anniversary Adopt
a forest program with the Lee
District
of the George
Washington
National Forest
- encourages youth and community to care for public land and
honor the CCC
·
Dorcus Quilters,
Woodstock
,
VA
– A decorative quilt has been constructed that will hang in the new CCC
Interpretive center. It's squares display recognizable symbols of the CCC.
The quilt will be dedicated n May 17 at the statue dedication.
·
Virginia CCC Member Appreciation
Day Dinner will be held on March 29. This event will
be the kickoff event for the Prince William Forest Park 75th
Anniversary
activities throughout the summer.
·
The Prince William Forest Park
will host of the 75th anniversary 2008 CCC Alumni Annual
Reunion and Membership Meeting on National Public Lands Day,
September 27, 2008. This event will be the
signature event for the National Public Lands Day activities.
West Virginia:
CCC Day proclaimed for March 31, 2008. See the
website of the West Virginia
State CCC Museum Association for more information.
Washington
State:
·
NACCCA #5 in Seattle
are partnering with the Deception
Pass
State Park
to create a 75th anniversary event. - They
will be partnering with the Washington State Park system.
Special recognition will be given the Damascus Purnell for designing
the 75th anniversary logo. Berniece Phillips, President.
Wyoming:
May 3, 2008 1:00 pm - 3:00
pm: Guernsey State Park is a National
Historic Landmark and is one of the most significant Depression era
parks in the national. The Civilian Conservation Corps
constructed the stone Museum building, which is an outstanding example
of rustic architecture. The event will include the dedication of the
CCC workers statue , a talk on New Deal, the history of Guernsey State
Park and the CCC.
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