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Doughnuts and the Salvation ArmyMain MenuDoughnut DefinedThe History of the Salvation ArmyDoughnuts, Salvation Army, and World War IDoughnuts in the 1920s and beyondWhy Do Doughnuts Have Holes?CreditsBibiliographyJason Hanratty3be8a3d27a270399b0b9289c0daf19271961dc65
Doughnuts and the Salvation Army
1media/dountus.jpgmedia/salvo-donuts.jpeg2017-02-21T15:32:47-08:00Jason Hanratty3be8a3d27a270399b0b9289c0daf19271961dc651553023by Jason Hanrattyimage_header4200182017-04-28T14:04:58-07:00Jason Hanratty3be8a3d27a270399b0b9289c0daf19271961dc65 Doughnuts are and have been a staple in our lives. They are a quick, easy breakfast snack, an afternoon delight, or a cake to enjoy after supper. Doughnuts have been a part of our everyday lives for centuries but did not gain prominence until the 1920s.
This prominence came about due to the Salvation Army and its willingness to be placed into dangerous areas during World War I and serve the men fighting in that war. Doughnut Lasses, women who took it upon themselves to enter into dangerous areas to give the soldiers fighting a taste of home.
That taste of home lingered through the war and with the soldiers until the returned home. Once they were home, they wanted to have some of the doughnuts they had enjoyed while gone to battle. This affinity for the doughnut gave rise to doughnut shops and the doughnut machine. National Doughnut Day was also established following the war, to celebrate not only the doughnut, but the soldiers and Salvation Army personnel that survived the war, or was lost in the war.