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Salvation Army treating first responders on Donut Day

Havre's Salvation Army will be out visiting first responders Friday in an old tradition, Director Trina Crawford said, taking them donuts on Donut Day.

The Salvation Army website reports that the first-ever National Donut Day was celebrated in 1938 in Chicago, a tribute to the women who brought supplies to the troops in Word War I.

The Salvation Army's Donut Lassies were sent to France in 1917 to establish field bases near the front lines, the site says.

"In makeshift huts, thousands of soldiers would come to stock up on essential goods and grab a sweet treat baked by the Lassies," the s...

 

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