Posted on 06/02/2023 7:18:35 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
Each year on the first Friday in June, people participate in National Doughnut or Donut Day, celebrating the doughnut and honoring the Salvation Army Lassies. The Salvation Army Lassies are the women who 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 of the word is “donut.”
On this day, many bakeries and coffee shops in the United States offer doughnut deals to their customers.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL DOUGHNUT DAY
Celebrate the day by enjoying your favorite doughnut. There are many varieties of doughnuts to choose from, too! Whether you prefer glazed or creme-filled, holes, or any number of deliciously made doughnuts, get out there and support your local bakeries. Pick up a dozen to deliver to first responders, a nursing station, or your favorite charity. Use #NationalDonutDay or #NationalDoughnutDay when using social media.
NATIONAL DOUGHNUT DAY HISTORY
The Salvation Army created National Doughnut Day in 1938 to honor the women who served doughnuts to soldiers in World War I. This day began as a fundraiser for Chicago’s Salvation Army. The goal of their 1938 fundraiser was to help the needy during the Great Depression.
You got the day off, buddy!
Salvation Army? I’m too ashamed of being white to contribute.
I thought Christoe would announce today.😄
LEOs all over the country are cheering. We love doughnuts although I would never eat one while in uniform. Didn’t like the smirks from the public.
THANKS!..................
Krispy Kreme donuts hot out of the oven are my absolute favorite donuts! After that, I have to go with Entenmann’s chocolate covered donuts, white on the inside, not chocolate.
Man, did you have to ruin a great day with that?
He’s gotta come out sometime boys.
I agree with you on the Krispy Creme being hot but I like them plain without all the sugar goo on them.
The Entenmann’s chocolate covered donuts for me are best when refrigerated so the chocolate is crunchier!
When we go to Florida, we have to keep the Entenmann’s in the fridge. Here in the Midwest, they are fine out on the counter. They go fast either way.
Ha Ha!! Surely a sad day. Poor officer probably had to go through some serious counselling. We had a Krispy Kreme store in the north end of the town I worked. About three in the morning it was terrible. You could smell the fresh donuts all over. We would head over, they would let us in and we would get the donuts just as they left the oil. They were so light you had to hold them down lest they float away. What a great memory.
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