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From: pcarter@state.lib.la.us
List Editor: Thomas Thurston <thomas.thurston@YALE.EDU>
Editor's Subject: CCC camps and irises?
Author's Subject: CCC camps and irises
Date Written: November 18, 2009 10:35:16 AM EST
Date Posted: Thu, 18 Nov 2009 11:12:01 -0500

An elderly gentleman in our Louisiana parish (county) says that at the
site
of a former local CCC camp there are white irises because it was a
tradition
to plant white irises at CCC camps. Have any of you heard of this as a
CCC
tradition? An online search yielded an article about a camp in Missouri
where the director ordered the crew to plant irises, but it doesn't say
whether or not he did that because of CCC tradition. I appreciate any
help.



Pam Carter Carlisle

Local History and Public Outreach Specialist

Bossier Parish Library Historical Center

2206 Beckett St.

Bossier City, LA  71111

318-746-7717

pcarter@state.lib.la.us

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