May 6 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1863, Confederate forces commanded by Gen. Robert E. Lee routed Union troops under Gen. Joseph Hooker at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. In 1915, ...
On April 8, 1935, Congress approved the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the work relief bill that funded the Works Progress Administration. Created by President Franklin Roosevelt to ...
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) created jobs for millions of people in the United States during a time of great uncertainty. Overland Trail Museum explored how the WPA started and its many ...
Ever notice a branded stamp in the sidewalk? Some signify Depression-era infrastructure projects by the Works Progress ...
Of all of President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) is the most famous, because it affected so many people’s lives. Roosevelt’s work-relief program employed more ...
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