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CCC Legacy Journal: January/February 2010 - Vol. 34, Issue 1 CCC Legacy Sponsors
Corps Network Forum
Over the
last several years our members have been reading articles about the Corps
Network (former National Association of Service and Conservation Corps) in the
Journal. Some of that news has been
about attendance at the Corps Network Forum and the honoring of our CCC alumni
at the Friends for National Service reception which is held every February in
Washington, DC. Representatives
of the Corps Network have regularly attended the NACCCA/CCC Legacy annual
events. This year Marty O’Brien,
Vice President, was the guest speaker at the main luncheon on Friday. After
much deliberation, the CCC Legacy Board of Directors made a decision to sponsor
the annual forum. This presence will give us a more visible opportunity to
represent the alumni and their long lasting desire to support the corps
experience in the modern environment. The
working relationship with the Corps Network is not new.
Under the leadership of NACCCA presidents Charles Varro and Walter Atwood
the partnership has slowly expanded and through the support of Sally Prouty,
President and CEO, we regularly work with them to bring attention to the CCC and
its role as the root of modern corps.
Sponsorship
will include recognition in Forum documentation, display table, and an
opportunity to be recognized by attendees.
Some Corps are already our members and support the CCC in their areas.
Those
Corps and associations are: · Coconino
Rural Environment Corps, AZ · Minnesota
Conservation Corps, MN · Rocky
Mountain Youth Corps Association, CO · Southwest
Conservation Corps, CO · WSOS
Community Action Agency, OH Across
the nation, Corps Network members made a significant effort to the 75th
Anniversary celebrations that took place in 2008.
Their efforts helped to raise the awareness of the CCC and helped our
75th anniversary year to be truly successful.
CCC
Legacy offers a special thanks to the Corps Network and its members for helping
to make a difference in teaching the great legacy of the CCC.
CCC Legacy Journal: January/February 2010 - Vol 34, Issue 1 American Experience—The 1930s:
CCC on PBS Gets Great Reviews from Alumni
There is
an enthusiastic buzz from CCC Legacy members concerning the recent airing of the
PBS segment on the CCC entitled “The 1930s: The Civilian Conservation
Corps”. The program has been
highly praised among our members as one of the best produced to date.
We are grateful for your positive feedback.
CCC
Legacy was proud to play a part in helping to orchestrate the location of
possible interviewees. It is
interesting to note that the final CCC alumni that were interviewed were, or had
been, our members: Clifford Hammond,
NM; Harley E. Jolley, NC; Houston Pritchard, MI; and Vincente Ximenes, NM.
A special thanks goes to these gentleman for helping to tell the story.
This DVD
is a great tool for helping to educate American’s to the great legacy of the
CCC. Please consider giving it as a
gift to family, educators, and libraries. There
have been many inquiries about the process for purchasing the CCC segment or the
entire series of five. These DVDs
are available or purchase from PBS through their website.
To quickly find the site, search for:
wbgh
american experience ccc and
then click on the Shop
PBS. The
segment on the CCC can be purchased for $24.95 or the whole five part series
entitled “The American Experience: 1930s” can be purchased for $39.95. According
to the PBS website, the entire series includes the following:
Description The set
includes: “The
Crash of 1929 - In 1929” there
were few critics of the stock market; it seemed to rise without limits. In fact,
presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon
enter a "New Era" when everyone could be rich. But when reality
finally struck, the consequences of such unbound optimism shocked the world. “The Civilian Conservation Corps” -
Interweaving rich archival imagery with the personal accounts of Civilian
Conservation Corps veterans, this film tells the story of one of the boldest and
most popular New Deal experiments, positioning it as a pivotal moment in the
emergence of modern environmentalism and federal unemployment relief. “Hoover Dam” - An ambitious engineer turned a ragtag army of
unemployed into a celebrated work force to create the Hoover Dam, a colossus
rising 700 feet above the Colorado River that became a beacon of hope in dire
times, bringing electricity and water to millions in the U.S. west. “Surviving the Dust Bowl” -
In 1931 the rains stopped and the "black blizzards" began. Less
well-known than those who sought refuge in California, typified by the Joad
family in John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," the Dust Bowlers
stayed and overcame an almost a decade of unbelievable calamities and disasters,
enduring drought, dust, disease, even death, determined to preserve their way of
life. “Seabiscuit” - Despite his boxy build, stumpy legs, scraggly tail
and ungainly gait, Seabiscuit was one of the most remarkable thoroughbred
racehorses in history. His fabulously wealthy owner Charles Howard, his famously
silent and stubborn trainer Tom Smith, and the two hard-bitten, gifted jockeys
who rode him to glory turned Seabiscuit into a national hero. Special
Features include: Printable materials for educators for The Crash of 1929,
Civilian Conservation Corps, Hoover Dam, Surviving the Dust Bowl, and Seabiscuit. CCC Legacy Journal: January/February 2010, Vol. 34, Issue 1 77th Anniversary—Camp Roosevelt Remembered
April
17, 1933, the day the first enrollees of the CCC trudged into a muddy clearing
on the George Washington National Forest.
Notified of the forthcoming visit from President Roosevelt our nation’s
first CCC camp was named in his honor.
This
year on April 17, CCC Legacy and the Lee District of the FS are partnering on an
event that will celebrate this historic day.
The celebration will not come in the form of speakers and grand
ceremonies, but will be a day when advocates and Scouts will
prepare this popular area for another year of visitors. The
celebration will include a work project to clean away the winter debris, lunch
and door prizes, and an historic walk on the Camp Roosevelt company streets.
For
many years, only local CCC alumni remembered this special day in American
history. The day drifted out of the
public consciousness and its memory was overshadowed by daily life.
Like
most camp sites after the CCC ended, Camp Roosevelt was left to lay in silence
in the George Washington National Forest. The
camp was closed, the buildings sold for reuse, and the forest growth soon
embraced its remains and hid it from view. Knowing
of the isolation of Camp Roosevelt, local enrollees began an effort to uncover
their former home and put it back into service.
CCCers with names like “Moon” Mullins and “Hambone” Stanley, soon
took up the task to once again expose Camp Roosevelt to the community.
With the same energy and organization that Moon applied to other
community activities, he rallied the men of the CCC to convert this abandoned
spot in the woods into a campground. With
the help of local Congressman, John O. Marsh, who later became Secretary of the
Army, the Camp Roosevelt Recreational Area became a reality in 1986.
Enrollees built the picnic pavilion that still welcomes visitors today.
Although
the camp buildings have long since been removed, the company streets still lead
us to the story of the nation’s first camp.
A similar story of renewal is being told across the nation
as advocates lift their voice for CCC heritage.
CCC Legacy encourages America’s citizens to get involved in the care of
public land.
Plan a special day in your community to share CCC
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