TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 3/1/23 – PEACE CORPS DAY!
Executive Order #10924 was one of President John F. Kennedy’s better ideas, and on March 1, 1961, he mobilized America’s first peaceful army, making today NATIONAL PEACE CORPS DAY! Kennedy first proposed the Peace Corps as a Congressman in 1951, calling for an “army of missionaries for Democracy.” The idea was batted around Washington for 10 …