Virginia
CCC Member Appreciation Day - Letter to the Editor State Wide
August 31, 2006
Subject:
Location of 2006 Camp Roosevelt Reunion & Picnic changes locations
to Lee District Depot
March 30, 2006
Joint
Release - Virginia CCC Member Appreciation Day -with George
Washington & Jefferson National Forests
Virginia-Wide
Release
Subject:
Virginia CCC Member Appreciation Day
Another
CCC beginning: Civilian Conservation Corps Member Appreciation Day for
the State of
Virginia
–
March 31, 2006
Educational
package developed to teach the CCC in Elementary schools
Through
the efforts of the Camp Roosevelt CCC Legacy Foundation,
Edinburg
,
VA
, the State of
Virginia
has voted to create a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Member
Appreciation Day every March 31. Senator
Mark Obenshain (26th District) introduced the request into
legislation in support of CCC heritage.
Virginia
is touched by CCC heritage. Camp
Roosevelt, located in Shenandoah County, VA, was the first camp in the
nation. Countless other
landmarks stand as a tribute to the labor of CCC enrollees.
These quiet sentinels of the early conservation movement depend
on us to tell their vast history.
Admiring citizens constantly flirt with the resulting beauty of
natural resource heritage with little knowledge of the accompanying
challenges and struggle.
As the economic depression tore at America’s stability, young
unemployed, unmarried men labored to renew America’s natural
resources. From 1933 –
1942, these young conservationist built the infrastructure of the
modern outdoor recreational system and developed the tenants of modern
conservation. Across
America, nearly 3 billion trees were planted under the auspices of
this program. Little did
America understand that this conservation movement would make a
contribution that would last for generations.
Encouraging educational opportunity is an important priority.
As an introduction to Virginia’s CCC history, an elementary
level educational package has been developed to assist educators,
Scout and 4-H leaders and conservation specialists.
These packages are placed in the local Shenandoah County
Virginia School system. For
those in different areas, package contents can be viewed and
downloaded from the website www.ccclegacy.org
.
Participation in the CCC awareness effort is a simple process:
listen, record or write down what you hear, and share the
information so others have access to the material.
Families are the best sources of community history.
Elder citizens from your family, neighbors, civic
organizations, and churches hold the key to community history.
Cooperation
among organizations is paramount in promoting heritage.
Sam Solloway a CCC enrollee from Petersburg, VA, first
suggested the idea of a state-wide day of remembrance.
Through joint efforts we can be “better
together”. To become a
part of the CCC legacy awareness movement, please call Joan Sharpe,
Camp Roosevelt CCC Legacy Foundation at 540-984-8735 or email ccc@ccclegacy.org
.
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Subject:
Refurbished Camp Roosevelt Sign
Edinburg, Virginia-- Camp
Roosevelt Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) roadside sign has gotten a
face lift. The work of the
volunteers of the Camp Roosevelt Legacy Foundation is finally being
realized.
On the
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
, at
2:00, volunteers will be installing the newly refurbished Camp
Roosevelt
sign that has been positioned at the corporate town limits of
Edinburg
,
Virginia. A cheerful yellow color,
it announces that Edinburg
was the logistic center for Camp
Roosevelt, first CCC camp in the USA. Charles B.
Mullins, a Camp Roosevelt alumni, lead the effort to have the original
sign placed there so many years ago that no one remembers when it was
installed. At the Camp
Roosevelt CCC Legacy Foundation meeting in November, Norman Turner of Mt.
Jackson, Camp Roosevelt Alumni, and Edinburg Mayor Dan Harshman unveiled the
sign for the public to see for the first time.
”We hope that the new sign will brighten the entrance to Edinburg
and bring attention to another facet of its history,” said Joan
Sharpe, president of the Foundation.
The end – Photo attachments
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-- Click images to
enlarge --
 Norman
Turner, Camp Roosevelt alumni from Mt. Jackson, Virginia and Mayor Dan
Harshman of Edinburg unveil the new sign that was placed at the
northern town limits of Edinburg, Virginia in December of 2004.
Graphic
of new Camp Roosevelt sign.
(Sign
produced by FineLine of Maurertown, VA)
 Volunteers
remove the original sign for refurbishing. Charles B.
"Moon" Mullins led the effort to have signs placed at the
north and south entrances to Edinburg. The sign to the
south has been gone for many years.
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