National Donut Day

About the event

Did you know that in 1938 in Chicago the first National Donut Day was celebrated, and that a group of women called "Donut Lassies" served American soldiers on the front lines during World War I? Did you also know that "Donute Lassies" were credited with popularizing the donut in the United States? 

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