Old Glories of New Deal Still Chime In A Time of Crisis

In 1940, Eugene A Delorenzo was just 17 years old when he boarded a train bound from New York City to rural Idaho after his father suggested he sign up with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of the public works programmes launched by president Franklin D Roosevelt’s New Deal in response to the Great Depression.

Richard A Walker is the director of the Living New Deal.

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