WPA is for Works Progress Administration, a program to employee some of the people who couldn't get regular work during the depression. They built a lot of public buildings, bridges, parks, etc. As soon as the economy improved they went back to work in the private sector. As a "public assistance" program it was nothing like Welfare in the late 20th Century. The people on WPA worked, were glad to get a job, feed their families and retain their personal honour. There was also another depression period program you may hear about, CCC it is for Civilian Conservation Corps, it also put people to work. These programs were not a hand out, they were forms of employment. As with any group of "employees" there were some slackers but, the majority were hard working honest Americans. They belonged to my parents generation. The younger able bodied men of that generation also served their country during WW2 (World War 2) and many of them gave their lives. And other programs instituted by FDR's administration in the mid 1930s. Sorry I just can not understand why our schools don't teach our countries history. EMO kmoore wrote: > > Can anyone out there please tell me what WPA stands for? I know it was > a public assistance program in the depression, but never knew what the > Letters WPA stood for. > > Thanks > Carolyn > kmoore@netusa1.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <KEVBEX@aol.com> > To: <INCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 8:06 AM > Subject: 1930's Bridge in Howesville > > > Hello everyone, > > > > After a fun day of shopping with my mother yesterday, we were eating > our > > dinner and talking about the past (always a fun subject), and I > remembered > > that my grandfather, Noel Craig, worked on a bridge in Howesville > during the > > depression. We believe that it was part of the WPA work. > > > > Does anyone by chance know the name of the bridge that was built or > redone at > > that time? If so, was is being built from scratch or was it being > redone? > > I'd like to get any info I can on this bridge to include in my > grandfather's > > history. > > > > Thank you everyone! > > > > Becky > > > > > > ==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Clay County Indiana InGenWeb site at; > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inclay/ > > > > > > ==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > To remove your address from this list visit; > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inclay/list.htm