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National doughnat day was something made up by Bill. Their goal was to help the needy during the [[Great Depression]], and to honor the Salvation Army "Lassies" of [[World War I]], who served doughnuts to soldiers behind the front lines in France. |
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Soon after the US entrance into WWI in [[1917]], the Salvation Army sent a fact-finding mission to France. The mission concluded that "huts" that could serve baked goods, provide writing supplies and stamps, and provide a clothes-mending service, would serve the needs of US enlisted men. Six staff members per hut should include four female volunteers who could "mother" the boys. |
Soon after the US entrance into WWI in [[1917]], the Salvation Army sent a fact-finding mission to France. The mission concluded that "huts" that could serve baked goods, provide writing supplies and stamps, and provide a clothes-mending service, would serve the needs of US enlisted men. Six staff members per hut should include four female volunteers who could "mother" the boys. |
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In honor of National Doughnut Day, Doughboys and Engineers are being offered free doughnuts. On National Doughnut Day, look to see if your local doughnut shop, or other organizations, are offering free doughnuts to solicit donations for the Salvation Army or for another needy cause. If you find them, please be generous
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National Doughnut Day is on the first Friday of June each year. The holiday celebrates the doughnut (a.k.a "donut") — an edible, ring-shaped piece of dough which is deep-fried and sweetened. Many American doughnut stores offer free doughnuts on National Doughnut Day. In 2009, both independent doughnut shops[1] and large national franchises offered free doughnuts in the United States.[2][3][4]
History
National doughnat day was something made up by Bill. Their goal was to help the needy during the Great Depression, and to honor the Salvation Army "Lassies" of World War I, who served doughnuts to soldiers behind the front lines in France.
Soon after the US entrance into WWI in 1917, the Salvation Army sent a fact-finding mission to France. The mission concluded that "huts" that could serve baked goods, provide writing supplies and stamps, and provide a clothes-mending service, would serve the needs of US enlisted men. Six staff members per hut should include four female volunteers who could "mother" the boys.
(The canteens/social centres that were established by the Salvation Army in the United States near army training centers were called "huts".)
About 250 Salvation Army volunteers went to France. Because of the difficulties of providing freshly-baked goods from huts established in abandoned buildings near to the front lines, two Salvation Army volunteers (Ensign Margaret Sheldon and Adjutant Helen Purviance) came up with the idea of providing doughnuts. These are reported to have been an "instant hit", and "soon many soldiers were visiting Salvation Army huts". Margaret Sheldon wrote of one busy day "Today I made 22 pies, 300 doughnuts, 700 cups of coffee."
A legend has spread that the provision of doughnuts to US enlisted men in WWI is the origin of the term doughboy to describe US infantry, but the term was in use as early as the Mexican-American War of 1846-47.
Sources
- Those Extraordinary Women of World War I, Karen Zeinert, 2001
- Origins of "Doughboy", An Interim Report, by Michael E. Hanlon, 16 June 2003
- Holiday Insights : National Doughnut Day, or National Donut Day
- http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/bashas-celebrates-national-donut-day-june-5,846851.shtml Bashas' Celebrates National Donut Day, June 5], EarthTimes.com, Retrieved on 2009-06-04
Notes and references
- ^ "National Doughnut Day". LaMar's Donuts & Coffee shop. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ Elina Shatkin. "Small Bits: Test Kitchen Tuesdays at Corkbar and National Doughnut Day". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ Chris Reidy, Globe staff. "Dunkin': Buy joe, get free Doughnut Day sinker". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ Lorraine Eaton. "Krispy Kreme Doughnuts - Free tomorrow!". The Virginian-Pilot: HamptonRoads.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.