How do we honor?

From Camp Roosevelt

As enrollees struggled with the hard labor associated with  renewing America's natural resources, they were grateful to have "three hots and a cot".  With one seedling, or one stone, or one shovel of soil, they were building the infrastructure for the national recreational and conservation systems that we enjoy today.  As they worked, we wonder if they would have thought that monuments would be built to honor the daily labor that became so essential to their well being.   

Monuments tell a story and are a long term exhibit that can be meaningful to many generations. The CCC Workers Statue is  a monument to the builders of modern conservation.  One facet of the national CCC  interpretive campaign is the goal to have one bronze CCC Workers Statue in each state. 

 To date, members and their supporters have purchased 50 statues across America.  These statues stand as a testament to the pride, hard work, and desire to teach the meaning of the CCC in America.

When the statue was designed in 1995, the original concept

was that the statue be placed on a pedestal.

Pedestals vary in height and shape.

As time has passed, many purchasers are placing the statue at ground level

. The ground level options seems to create a more personal experience

 and an opportunity to be eye-to eye with this man of bronze

 

 

 

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