The Peace Corps

The Peace Corps

March 1st, 2009

On this day in 1961, President Kennedy established the Peace Corps.

The Peace Corps is an independent United States federal agency. The Peace Corps was established by Executive Order 10924 on March 1, 1961, and authorized by Congress on September 22, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Public Law 87-293). The Peace Corps Act declares the purpose of the Peace Corps to be:

“to promote world peace and friendship through a Peace Corps, which shall make available to interested countries and areas men and women of the United States qualified for service abroad and willing to serve, under conditions of hardship if necessary, to help the peoples of such countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained manpower.”

Since 1960, more than 195,000 people have served as Peace Corps volunteers in 139 countries.

The Peace Corps is responsible for a lot of things, but I don’t think body stockings are included.

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