ELKHART, Ind. (WNDU) - It’s the sweetest day of the year, and the Salvation Army made sure to celebrate it by giving out donuts for free at All Things Snacks in Elkhart. This day means something ...

Soft and sugary, it has spurred the spirits of World War One soldiers on the ... we celebrate it - the donut or doughnut - on National Donut Day in the US. On this day each year, millions of ...

Every year, on the first Friday of June, we celebrate National ... the “donut lassies,” the women volunteers who were sent to the front lines in France in 1917 during World War I to boost ...

National Donut Day falls on the first ... who served soldiers during World War I by delivering donuts and other sweet treats to them. In 1917, Salvation Army volunteers traveled to France and ...

In fact, the first National Donut Day was established way back in 1938 by the Salvation Army as women served donuts (and other goodies) to soldiers during World War I, and the holiday is still ...