Civilian Conservation Corps, Narrated by Harrison Ford

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Jun 25, 2026 #WeAreAmerica250

Harrison Ford is an award-winning actor whose iconic performances across more than six decades have solidified him as a pillar of American cinema. Ford looks back at the Civilian Conservation Corps, a New Deal program that put thousands of unemployed men to work improving America’s parks and natural lands.

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From the time of our country’s founding 250 years ago, the story of America has been one of the constant efforts of Americans—from all races, ethnicities, genders, and abilities—to make real the belief that we are all created equal and have a right to have a say in our democracy. We will be telling their stories over the next several weeks because now, as ever, “We Are America.”

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1. So wish we still have that love and devotion to making positive, useful and constructive changes in our country.

[3Hotdogs]

2. My uncle was in that. Then he became a waist gunner on a B-17.

The WW II stint fucked him up. My mother said he "wasn't the same."