Welcome to Camp Brumby

Welcome to Camp Brumby. . About 200 young men once camped in this field , not as soldiers, but as civilians working to preserve the earthworks and build Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. As part of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal employment program during the Great Depression, Kennesaw's Camp T.M. Brumby (Camp NP4 Company 431) was based here from 1938 to early 1942., The CCC was one of the most successful "New Deal" programs to revive the US economy after the stock market crash of 1929. CCC crews worked nationwide, building scenic highways, parks, trails, community pools, and other public works while sending most of their paychecks home to struggling families. Much of the CCC work at Kennesaw is still visible and useful today, including the trail system and the brick-and-bronze entrance signs., (inset) , We are members of the CCC / , We stand for conservation. , We are working in the woods and fields / , Their value to preserve. , We also construct the forest parks / , providing recreation… , We stop erosion of the land / , by planting trees to beat the band… , For we are members of the CCC / , Our motto is to CONSERVE, Words and music by R.A. Conard, 1937