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Today in History: April 5, FDR establishes Civilian Conservation Corps

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As we speak is Saturday, April 5, the ninety fifth day of 2025. There are 270 days left within the yr.

As we speak in historical past:

On April 5, 1933, as a part of his New Deal packages, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an govt order establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a Melancholy-era work aid program for single males aged 18-25; this system employed greater than 2.5 million males for federal conservation and security initiatives over its nine-year historical past.

Additionally on this date:

In 1614, Pocahontas, the daughter of Tsenacommacah chief Powhatan, married Englishman John Rolfe, a widower, within the Virginia Colony.

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