The Civilian Conservation Corps in Missouri

Tue, Sep 24 2024

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Midwest Genealogy Center Programming Room

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Subjects

History

Age Group

For adults

Presenter

Tom Emery

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Join historian Tom Emery as he discusses the lasting legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of the hallmark New Deal programs of the Great Depression. Considered one of the most successful government programs in American history, the CCC put millions of young men to work in the 1930s.

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