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Lasting Impact
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If you’ve ever been in a national or state park, you’ve
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likely enjoyed the results of the work of the CCC. The
men planted more than 3 billion trees—which earned

them the name of “Roosevelt’s Tree Army.” They built
campgrounds, picnic shelters, swimming pools,
restrooms, and more than 3,470 fire towers.

CCC workers construct a road. 14 The program ended in 1942, and over the
years nearly three million men, and even
about 8,500 women, participated in the
program. Those who participated in the CCC
gained valuable skills, which then made them

more employable in the larger world outside
the camps, especially once the American
economy started to improve. And, when the

U.S. entered World War II after the Japanese
bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941, these
men had an excellent foundation of physical
fitness, outdoor skills, and military discipline
that America needed most of all at that time.

The CCC was a bold idea formed in a
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troubled time in American history, and it
benefited the individuals who served in it, the

parks and forests of our nation, and our
nation as a whole.

CCC workers plant trees.

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