National Doughnut Day First Friday in June
NATIONAL DOUGHNUT (DONUT) DAY
Each year on the first Friday in June, people participate in National Doughnut or Donut Day. This day celebrates the doughnut and honors the Salvation Army Lassies, the women that served doughnuts to soldiers during WWI.
In 1917, the original “Salvation Army Doughnut” was first served by the ladies of the Salvation Army. It was during WWI that the Salvation Army Lassies went to the front lines of Europe. Home cooked foods, provided by these brave volunteers, were a morale boost to the troops.
The doughnuts were often cooked in oil inside the metal helmets of American soldiers. American infantrymen were then commonly called “doughboys.” A more standard spelling is donut.
Salvation Army truck sitting in front of Bearscat Bakehouse in Bismarck, ND.
On this day, many bakeries and coffee shops in the United States offer doughnut deals to their customers.
HOW TO OBSERVE
Celebrate the day by enjoying your favorite doughnut. Use #NationalDonutDay or #NationalDoughnutDay when using social media.
HISTORY
National Doughnut Day was created by The Salvation Army in 1938 to honor the women who served the doughnuts to soldiers in World War I. This day began as a fund-raiser for Chicago’s Salvation Army. The goal of their 1938 fund-raiser was to help the needy during the Great Depression.
What I did not know that those lovely ladies from the salvation Army, you all know I was raised in the Salvation Army, were involved!!!!
Had a good sleep but i had a really long day ahead of me and i was up and on the road by 6.15 am...saw a lovely sunrise, I do not see many of them, tried to take a photo but did not turn out.
After only a few miles I was heading out of here
As you can see a long drive but you know what it went by quite quickly..Little Bluey is a joy to drive and I had lots of drinks, light food and fruit and I stopped every so often, even stopped and had a 30 minute nap.....
Met the lovely owner Lolis who showed me around, she even had some food in the fridge for me...
I am staying here tomorrow night and tomorrow I plan to walk across the border and see if I can get my Tourist Visa saving time and hassle on Sunday!!!
Enjoy those donuts!!! No I did not have one today!!!
Yashi Kochi!!!
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Always wondered why those American GIs of World War I were called doughboys. And the connection with the Salvation Army ladies during that time. At the beginning of World War II, my parents and grandparents took some photos of the Salvation Army ladies preparing and handing out sandwiches at the train stations to newly-drafted soldiers on their way to Fort Benning and Fort Stewart in Georgia for training. WWII was bad for everyone; I still keep my family's leftover books of ration stamps for sugar and other things during the war; most domestic goods were converted to the war effort. Dad said that every family had a vegetable garden in their yard because the US government canned most farm production for the troops so there was not much left in the grocery stores.
Interesting times back then for sure...les
My goodness, Les! Do you see what's going on at London Bridge? When will this terrorism ever stop! God Bless the U.K.
P.S. The London Police are putting out tweets to cell phones, saying "run, hide, tell." At this minute, they are still hunting these people; trouble now at three locations.
it seems that England has been named a target one thing for sure it will get worse..so sad!!!!
That was a long drive today, too long for these old bones! We have always used the Columbia Crossing for a quick, efficient entry into Mexico.
I fee sorry for those two train robbers!
Next stop, SMA!
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