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[[File:NationalDoughnutDay.jpg|thumb|[[The Salvation Army|Salvation Army]] volunteers traveled overseas to set up service huts located in abandoned buildings near the front lines where they could serve baked goods.]]

'''National Donut Day''' or '''National Doughnut Day''', celebrated in the [[United States]] and in some other countries, is on the first Friday of June of each year, succeeding the doughnut event created by [[The Salvation Army]] in [[Chicago]] in 1938 to honor those of their members who served doughnuts to soldiers during [[World War I]].<ref name="Holey holiday">Kevin Fagan [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/06/BAEQ181KO9.DTL A holey holiday – National Donut Day] June 6th 2009 SF Chronicle</ref> The holiday celebrates the [[doughnut]]. Many American doughnut stores offer free doughnuts on the occasion.<ref name="lamarsDonutDay">{{cite web |url=http://www.lamars.com/ai1ec_event/free-donuts-on-national-donut-day/?instance_id=69 |title=LaMar's Donuts Celebrates National Donut Day With Free Donut |access-date=May 29, 2011 |publisher=LaMar's Donuts & Coffee shop |archive-date=August 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825142053/http://www.lamars.com/ai1ec_event/free-donuts-on-national-donut-day/?instance_id=69 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="LATimesDonutDayKKreme">{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2009/06/national-doughnut-day-corkbar-test-kitchen-tuesdays.html |title=Small Bits: Test Kitchen Tuesdays at Corkbar and National Donut Day |access-date=June 4, 2009 |work=Los Angeles Times |author=Elina Shatkin | date=June 2, 2009}}</ref><ref name="bostonGlobeDonutDay">{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/06/dunkin_buy_joe.html |title=Dunkin': Buy joe, get free Donut Day sinker |access-date=June 4, 2009 |publisher=The Boston Globe |author=Chris Reidy, Globe staff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103150235/http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2009/06/dunkin_buy_joe.html |archive-date=2012-11-03 |date=June 4, 2009}}</ref><ref name="eatonDonutDay">{{cite web |url=http://hamptonroads.com/2009/06/krispy-kreme-donuts-free-tomorrow |title=Krispy Kreme Donuts – Free tomorrow! |access-date=June 4, 2009 |publisher=The Virginian-Pilot: HamptonRoads.com |author=Lorraine Eaton |date=June 4, 2009 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041904/http://hamptonroads.com/2009/06/krispy-kreme-donuts-free-tomorrow |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==

National Donut Day started in 1938<ref name="Holey holiday" /> as a fundraiser for [[Chicago]]'s [[The Salvation Army]]. Their goal was to help those in need during the [[Great Depression]], and to honor the Salvation Army "Lassies" of World War I, who served doughnuts to soldiers.

[[File:Doughnut Dollies 1918 France.jpg|right|thumb|Doughnut Dollies were women volunteers of the Salvation Army, who traveled to France in 1918 to support American soldiers.]]