Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2363 Marker

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Berea in Stafford County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2363

By Kevin White, August 30, 2007

1. Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2363 Marker

Inscription. Here at Berea, during the Great Depression, was the site of Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2363. This camp, one of many in Virginia, was organized in 1935 and disbanded in 1940. During its existance, the company strung farm fences, planted trees, fought forest fires, and instructed farmers in the practice of soil conservation. The CCC, one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal agencies, was created in 1933 to provide public service jobs for unemployed young men. Roosevelt later noted that the recruits “grew with purpose and principle” and predicted that they would serve their communities and country with distinction.

Erected 1994 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number E-85.)

Location. 38° 21.619′ N, 77° 31.198′ W. Marker is in Berea, Virginia, in Stafford County. Marker is on Warrenton Road (U.S. 17) near Greenbank and Berea Church Roads (County Route 656), on the right when traveling east. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fredericksburg VA 22406, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. The Mud March (here, next to this marker); Fredericksburg Campaign (here, next to this marker); Original Bell of Hulls Memorial Baptist Church (approx. 2.2 miles away); Hulls Memorial Baptist Church (approx. 2.3 miles away); Milton Snellings (approx. 2.3 miles away); Hunter’s Iron Works (approx. 2.5 miles away); George Washington: Statesman and Public Servant (approx. 3.1 miles away); George Washington: Surveyor and Family Man (approx. 3.1 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Berea.