National Donut Day

Their goal was to help those in need during the Great Depression, and to honor the Salvation Army "Lassies" of World War I, who served donuts to soldiers.

Margaret Sheldon wrote of one busy day: "Today I made 22 pies, 300 donuts, 700 cups of coffee."

[7] A misconception has taken hold that the provision of donuts to enlisted men in World War I is the origin of the term "doughboy" to describe U.S. infantry.

[12] The birthday of the United States Marine Corps (November 10), was once referred to as National Donut Day, in a successful ruse by American prisoners of war at Son Tay prison camp to trick the North Vietnamese into giving out donuts in honor of the occasion.

[13] In the state of South Australia, Donut Day is the first Friday of June, and is honoured with a partnership between Krispy Kreme and The Salvation Army.

Salvation Army volunteers traveled overseas to set up service huts located in abandoned buildings near the front lines where they could serve baked goods.
Donut Dollies were women volunteers of the Salvation Army, who traveled to France in 1918 to support American soldiers.
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