HEY FITZ, YOU FORGOT ABOUT THE CCC. MANY PEOPLE DO
Post# of 1902
HEY FITZ, YOU FORGOT ABOUT THE CCC. MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THAT AFTER WW1, THE PRESIDENT MADE A PROGRAM TO PUT SOLDIERS TO WORK AFTER THE WAR. THE CCC (CIVIL CONSERVATION CORP) BUILT AND REBUILT ALL THE NATIONAL PARKS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE LAST PARK THEY WORKED WAS POSSUM KINGDOM PARK IN TEXAS. IT WAS A WAY FOR SOLDIERS AND CIVILIAN MEN TO MAKE MONEY WHEN THERE WERE NO JOBS AT HOME . THEY WERE PAID A CERTAIN AMOUNT EVERY MONTH AND THERE WAS A CONDITION THAT ALL OF THEIR WAGES WENT HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES, EXCEPT $5 FOR ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE MEN. IT ONLY LASTED A SHORT TIME, BECAUSE THE SOLDIERS AND MEN WERE CALLED BACK FOR WW2. A LOT OF PEOPLE ACCUSED THE PRESIDENT OF CREATING HIS OWN PRIVATE ARMY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE MEN WHO WERE NOT IN SERVICE, JOINED UP WHEN THE WAR STARTED.