The "CCC Boy" Statue - O'Leno FL
N 29° 54.877 W 082° 34.837
17R E 347413 N 3310374
The CCC Boy Statue erected by Chapter 143 NACCCA, Gainesville FL in 2007. Chapter 143 was organized by CCC Veterans of the area on Oct 1, 1988.
Waymark Code: WM5V6K
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/14/2009
Views: 11
Statue is dedicated to the 50,000 Florida "CCC Boys" who replanted 90,000 acres on private land and in FL State Forests; also replanted and developed thousands of acres in 3 FL National Forests. Also built eight flagship State Parks, including O'Leno and completed hundreds of other conservation, environmental and public recreation projects from April 7, 1933 to June 30, 1942.
The Statue is very lifelike and reveals the strength of those young men commissioned by FDR to help build conservation in the country when it was in one of it's darkest hours.
Sector of the workforce: Civilian Conservation Corp
Created or Donated by which group: NACCCA, Chapter 143
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