Franklin D. Roosevelt

Remarks at a Virginia C.C.C. Camp

August 12, 1933

I wish I could spend a couple of months here myself. The only difference between us is that I am told you men have put on an average of twelve pounds each. I am trying to lose twelve pounds.

It is very good to be able to visit these Virginia Civilian Conservation Corps camps. I hope that they are as inspiring all over 'the country as these I have seen today.

More important, I have seen the boys themselves, and all you have to do is to look at the boys themselves to see that the camps themselves are a success.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Remarks at a Virginia C.C.C. Camp Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/208852

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