GREENTOWN, PA — Promised Land State Park will host a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Day event on Saturday, September 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Masker Museum complex.

The focus of this event is to honor the men who worked for the CCC in the ’30s as well as to highlight local history in general. The CCC was created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to reclaim land decimated by poor land practices that contributed to the Great Depression, by planting trees, preventing forest fires and building structures used to this day in our state parks, including Promised Land State Park.

Three former CCC “boys” will be present to answer questions from the public and to share their stories. There will be several local historical societies present. The Masker Museum will be open with artifacts not normally on display to the visiting public, and there will be site tours. Blacksmith demonstrations will be performed with antique tools on display, and Peter Osborne, author of “Images of America: Promised Land State Park,” will conduct a lecture. Food for purchase will be available and there will be a local history trivia contest to test your knowledge of local history.

Admission is free. Visit www.dcnr.state.pa.us and choose “events” on the homepage.