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This year is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Ciyilian Conservation Corps. The first CCC facility in the nation was Camp Roosevelt in Shenandoah County.
The CCC was created in 1933 to provide paying jobs and a disciplined environment for young men during the Great Depression.
In the nine years of CCC existence, the young men of Camp Roosevelt assisted in the construction of the Skyline Drive, which traverses the ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Shenandoah National Park, and Fort Valley Road, in Shenandoah County.
Delegate Allen Louderback (R-Luray), sponsored the CCC license plate bill, HB 1445, at the request of Mrs. Joan Sharpe, president of the Camp Roosevelt CCC Legacy Foundation.
“I am pleased that the CCC license plate bill I sponsored has passed. The CCC is a short but important piece of our Shenandoah Valley and mountain history.
“It is important that we remember and honor the thenyoung men who labored to help create the wonder that is the Skyline Drive. Many of the CCC alumni are gone, but for those
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