Victory gardens
These were known as Victory Gardens, and were an effort to maintain the supply of food during the war years. In this way, everyone could participate and feel they were doing something to help the cause. See the Web Link to the left for more information and links.
During WW1, Charles Lathrop Pack organized the US National War Garden Commission in 1917. Victory gardens were planted in private and public lands and reduced the strain on the food supply strain as well as increased the morale of the homefront.
They were all part of the sacrifices Americans made for the war effort.
The British government took away the power of private banks to issue money as debt with interest attached and minted their own money, the Bradbury Pound, as credit with no debt attached to it.
'Victory gardens'
Victory Gardens raised 40% of fresh vegatables and recycling helped make war materials quicker and cheaper
Victory Gardens
Victory Gardens .
yes in Victory Gardens
Victory gardens were basically gardens that you would get v food and then mostly ration them to the soldiers out in war.
Rationing and Victory Gardens
Victory gardens. Everything was "victory this" and "victory that" in WWII, replacing the buzz word "Liberty", which served the same function during the first war (when sauerkraut became "Liberty Cabbage").
They watered their victory gardens, worked fire trucks, ext.
Victory gardens
Mothers in World War I helped in the factories, were nurses, or stayed home with the children and grew food in victory gardens.
These were known as Victory Gardens, and were an effort to maintain the supply of food during the war years. In this way, everyone could participate and feel they were doing something to help the cause. See the Web Link to the left for more information and links.