Historic marker dedication honors park's builders

Mon. October 26, 2009; Posted: 10:35 AM

Oct 26, 2009 (Opelika-Auburn News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- CEILF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- A historic marker was unveiled Sunday afternoon at Chewacla State Park in Auburn to honor the men of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) who built the park in the 1930s and early 1940s.

The CCC was "established to provide work for single young men," the historical marker reads. The CCC was established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's' New Deal (1933-1942) to help stimulate the economy.

"We are grateful for the men who helped build America through projects like this," Pete Turnham, 88, a former member of the corps who helped built Chewacla said in the invocation Sunday.

"It helped a lot of us in many different ways," Turnham said.

It allowed Turnham to make a little bit of money and attend Auburn University.

"It's what I call now the stimulus plan of the 1930s. This was Roosevelt's stimulus plan," he said.

The marker, erected by The Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Auburn Heritage Association, is at the entrance of the first parking lot on the right after entering the park.

Mary Norman, president of the Auburn Heritage Association, helped unveil the sign

Sunday.

"I think it (the marker) means everything to these men. They are now finally being honored for the wonderful park they built here," Norman said. "To them and this community I think it means a great deal."

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