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[https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-doughnut-day-first-friday-in-june/]Each
year on the first Friday in June, people participate in National
Doughnut or Donut Day. This day celebrates the doughnut and honors the
Salvation Army Lassies, the women that served doughnuts to soldiers
during WWI.
In 1917, the original “Salvation Army Doughnut” was first served
by the ladies of the Salvation Army. It was during WWI that the
Salvation Army Lassies went to the front lines of Europe. Home cooked
foods, provided by these brave volunteers, were a morale boost to the
troops.
The doughnuts were often cooked in oil inside the metal helmets of
American soldiers. American infantrymen were then commonly called
“doughboys.” A more standard spelling is donut.
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