By 1939, the WPA had recreation programs in over 7,000 communities. Might these types of recreation programs help with some of the serious physical and social issues we have today? #history #recreation #health #exercise #loneliness new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-...

The New Deal created or repaired millions of pieces of furniture, for use in schools, government offices, and the homes of the less fortunate. #history #furniture #carpentry #woodworking new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-...

During the 10 core years of the New Deal, there were 12,894 fewer bank failures than in the 10 years leading up to the New Deal, thanks to FDIC (and other reforms). Some say the New Deal was a failure. Do you agree? #history #banking #banks new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-...

The New Deal built over 868 ships and boats, from aircraft carriers to rowboats. #history #ships #boats #boating #boatbuilding #navy #coastguard new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-...

The CCC reduced wildfire fuel on 2.1 million acres of land, and alongside 80,000 miles of road. A new CCC could do the same today (and even more), lowering the severity of wildfires. #history #conservation #wildfires #forestry new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-...

WPA artists created at least 21,765 artworks for the Index of American Design - an initiative to record American creative works, products, and styles. #history #art new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-...

The New Deal had about 25,000 projects to build or improve tennis courts, part of its overall initiative to create more recreational, social, and exercise opportunities for Americans. #history #tennis #recreation new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-...

Andrew Preston has won the latest Living New Deal book award, with honorable mentions going to Stephanie Gray and Richard Haw; and of course we benefit from all who research and write on the New Deal - enhancing our collective knowledge. #history #books livingnewdeal.substack.com/p/new-deal-b...

The New Deal created, developed, or improved 13,000+ parks across the U.S. If we did the same today, adj. for pop. growth, that would be 32,000 parks created, developed, or improved, 2026-2036. #history #parks #recreation #nature #conservation new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-...

The New Deal had more than 14,500 projects and 19,000 miles of water lines to improve America's drinking water - both supply and quality. #history #infrastructure #water #health new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-...

A nice article on how our asst. director, Mary Okin, is working to protect the Wilbur Cohen Bldg (the old Social Security Bldg) & its artwork from demolition or sale. The Cohen Bldg & its art is a symbol of gov't that is of, by, and for the people. #history #art www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

The New Deal created at least 177 new museums and expanded, improved, or assisted countless other existing museums. #history #museums new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/03/new-...

Journalism is the critical line of defense for our history. Join TNR's @timothynoah.bsky.social & @livingnewdeal.bsky.social to discuss the "Sistine Chapel of the New Deal" & the fight to save the Cohen Building. Register here: trib.al/XZS8S3E

The New Deal built 550+ new communities for Americans in need of assistance: Homesteads, public housing, resettlement communities, etc. #history #housing #affordablehousing #communities #homelessness new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/03/new-...

The New Deal had over 1,000 projects to build or improve public golf courses, greatly increasing recreational opportunities for many generations of Americans (including the current generations). #history #recreation #sports #golf #exercise new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/03/new-...

This retaining wall was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places. It was built by WPA workers in 1936 and holds up Richwood Avenue in Morgantown, West Virginia. Across the U.S., the WPA built 1,820 miles of new retaining walls and revetments. #history #infrastructure #labor

This is "Winter in the Catskill Mountains," an oil painting by John W. Bentley (1880-1951), created while he was in the New Deal's Public Works of Art Project, 1934. #art #history #winter #painting

The New Deal built over 10,000 new garages, warehouses, hangars, and other storage buildings - to protect our food and goods, tools and tractors, autos and airplanes. #history #buildings new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-...

The New Deal put together 23,000 public forums for civic education. The idea was that Americans needed to come together, listen to subject matter experts, & work with each other in a democratic fashion to solve problems. #history #democracy new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-...

The New Deal created 110,000+ jobs for American Indians & Native Alaskans, through the CWA, PWA, WPA, & especially the CCC. Through these agencies a breathtaking array of public works were carried out on native lands. #indians #history #alaska new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-...

The New Deal created the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1933. It was carried out by the formerly-unemployed (the supposed "lazy good-for-nothings") & today is a cherished history resource. #history #preservation #architecture new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-...

The New Deal produced, collected, repaired, and distributed over 8 million Christmas toys for children of lower-income families. #christmas #history #toys #children new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-...

Our petition to save the Cohen Bldg (the original HQ of Social Security) and its New Deal art--both of which highlight a government that is supposed to be of, by, and for the people--is now over 5,000 signatures. Consider signing or sharing, if you haven't already. www.change.org/p/save-the-w...

The New Deal built 1,383 new hospitals and treatment facilities. #history #hospitals #healthcare #health new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/06/new-...

The New Deal performed over 1.5 million miles of roadwork. That's enough roadwork to go around the earth 60 times. Much of the work consisted of farm-to-market roads & secondary roads in rural areas. #roads #infrastructure #history #labor new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/09/new-...

10 million people in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, & Virginia receive electricity--at lower cost than investor-owned utilities--via the New Deal's TVA. #history #electricity #TVA #Tennessee #rural #farming new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-...

A farm scene oil painting, by Mary Winslow, created while she was in the WPA's Federal Art Project, 1936. Image from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. #art #artists #painting #farming #history #landscape

The New Deal provided direct employment, or provided the funds for direct employment, for about 4 million women, including work-relief jobs, regular federal employment, and high-level administrative posts. #women #history #jobs #labor new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-...

The New Deal created over 600 million clothes, quilts, mattresses and other textiles, mostly for lower-income Americans. #history #sewing #quilts #quilting #clothes #clothing #the_general_welfare new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-...

The New Deal created about 1,990 new ice skating facilities for Americans to enjoy. #skating #history #winter #recreation #exercise new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-...

If you'd like to see the old Social Security Bldg (now the "Wilbur J. Cohen Bldg") in D.C. preserved, consider signing our petition. The building houses New Deal art and is also a symbol of a gov't that is of, by, and for the people. #preservation #history #art www.change.org/p/save-the-w...

The New Deal constructed at least 310 miles of new ski trails, 113 new ski jumps, and 56 new toboggan slides: new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-... The New Deal's massive recreation program brought Americans together and improved physical fitness. #history #skiing #recreation

The New Deal's Soil Conservation Service was the driving force behind the development of "conservation districts." Today, there are over 3,000 such districts, all across the U.S. and its territories. #conservation #history #environment new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-...

The New Deal created and displayed about 127,639 easel-type paintings, thereby providing art for We the People to own and enjoy, regardless of income or wealth. #art #history #artists #painting new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-...

Proud that I've had dozens of students submit projects that have been published by @livingnewdeal.bsky.social. It's such a great teaching tool and community resource.

The New Deal planted more than 8.2 million bushels of oysters and helped revive a dying industry. #oysters #seafood #industry #business new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-...

The New Deal created 18,815 sculptures for the American public, such as this one made for the University of Oregon, by Louise Pritchard, in the WPA's Federal Art Project, 1937. new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/10/new-... #history #art #artists #sculptures

The New Deal assisted 20 million people through its Food Stamp Plan, 1939-1943. It was the original such program, and provided the foundation for what we now know as the "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program" (SNAP). new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/10/new-... #food #SNAP #history

The New Deal helped reduce illiteracy with WPA classes in reading and writing. #history #education #literacy #teaching new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/10/new-...

The New Deal had more than 102,000 projects to construct or improve educational buildings --> schools, colleges, libraries, dorms, vocational facilities, etc. new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/10/new-... #education #schools #colleges #learning

The New Deal served over 1.2 billion free or low-cost school lunches, and improved food-handling methods and standards along the way. #history #food #schools #lunch #children new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/10/new-...

The New Deal built over 2.8 million sanitary privies. Though ridiculed, the privies reduced illness and death from diseases such as typhoid, dysentery, and hookworm. #health #sanitation #disease #history new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/10/new-...

The New Deal had over 1,100 projects (& probably far more - cumulative statistics are hard to come by) to build or improve cemeteries. Many cemeteries are neglected today, & could use similar work. #cemeteries #genealogy #family #ancestors new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/10/new-...

The New Deal built over 400 new firehouses, and had over 3,800 other projects to improve existing firehouses. #firefighting #firehouses #firefighters new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/10/new-...

The New Deal had over 190,000 projects to build, improve, and maintain bridges. #bridges #infrastructure new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/09/new-...

Millions of low-income Americans received free dental examinations and treatments, thanks to New Deal programs, especially the WPA: new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/07/new-... #dentist #healthcare #history

One more month! In DC thru Aug 17, enter my favorite space & check out "Pictures of Belonging" at Smithsonian American Art Museum: americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/.... It features 3 remarkable Japanese American artists. #mineokubo #mikihayakawa #hisakohibi #wpa @livingnewdeal.bsky.social

Between 1933 and 1943, the New Deal repaired over 106 million books: new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/07/new-... #books #libraries #schools #history

Nursing homes, many already underfunded & understaffed, will likely be hit hard by Medicaid cuts: www.commondreams.org/opinion/gop-... In his 2nd Bill of Rights speech, FDR advocated for "The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness..." Why didn't we listen?

Across the United States, the WPA created over 2,500 murals to beautify or liven up hospitals, schools, and other buildings. Here is one of those murals, by artist Gustave Dalstrom, in the Laurel School kindergarten, Wilmette, Illinois, between 1935 and 1943 (photo: Nat'l Archives). #history #art