Works Projects Administration
Special Program

Program Begins: 1 January 2012

Program Ends: 31 December 2014

  Better known as the WPA - it was a relief measure established in 1935 by executive order and was redesigned in 1939 when it was transferred to the Federal Works Agency. It was supplied with an initial congressional appropriation of $4,880,000,000. The WPA offered work to the unemployed on an unprecedented scale by spending money on a wide variety of programs, including highways, building construction, slum clearance, reforestation, and rural rehabilitation. Particularly novel were the special programs. The WPA organized archives, indexed newspapers, and conducted useful sociological and historical investigations. The Federal Arts Project gave unemployed artists the opportunity to decorate hundred of post offices, schools, and other public buildings with murals, canvases, and sculptures; musicians organized symphony orchestras and community singing. The Federal Theater Project experimented with untried modes, and a score of stock companies toured the country with repertories of old and new plays, thus bringing drama to communities where it had been known only through radio. By March, 1936 the WPA rolls had reached a total of more than 3,400,090 persons; after initial cuts in June 1939, it averaged 2,300,000 monthly and by June 30, 1943 when it was officially terminated, the WPA had employed more than 8,500,000 different persons on 1,410,000 individual projects, and had spent about $11 billion. During its 8-year history, the WPA built 651,087 miles of highways, roads and streets; and constructed, repaired, or improved 124,031 bridges, 125,110 public buildings, 8,192 parks and 853 airport landing fields.
Rules
 
Qualifiers for the beautiful 3" x 4" 100% embroidered patch the walker must:
  • Walk 20 year round or scheduled events that pass anything to do with the WPA which could include art in a Post Office, dams, bridges, buildings of all sorts, park entrances, swimming pools, and even sidewalks--so watch where you walk! Only the etchings with WPA qualify as other concrete companies also have their etchings on sidewalks.
  • There will be no list because these WPA plaques are everywhere! they are in all 50 states. If you have not seen one, it is probably because you were not looking for one. Go to any website about WPA and you will find information about plaques in your area. Remember the art projects are inside Post Offices.
  • No insert cards or stamp write-ins will be accepted
  • All stamps and write-in information must be legible or books will be returned
  • Only stamps recorded in this special program book will be accepted. No write-in stamps.
  • This program is not retroactive
  • No duplicate stamps. A stamp for the same qualifier can be used more than once but in different years.
  • All participants are asked to maintain the integrity of this special program by being honest about the statues/memorial/monuments included for credit in this special program book


Below is a link to the wikipedia site for WPA. Many links are in this site for the numerous WPA projects.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration
To register and receive your WPA Special Program Book, please send the following information:

Full Name
Street or P. O. Box Address
City, State, Zip Code

Mail this information along with a check for $10.00 made
Payable to Holy Family Walkers to:

Sharon Snyder
Holy Family Walkers
1714 NW 49th Street
Lawton, OK 73505-3241
Email: walkingfan@aol.com
or
Suzi Bentley at schocksinews@aol.com

   
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