"The origins of National Donut Day are traced to the Salvation Army’s involvement in World War I. During this time, a group of volunteers was dispatched to the frontlines with the mission of providing comforting meals for the troops. They soon found out that donuts were an effective way to provide food while navigating the difficulties of cooking in very dire circumstances. These brave volunteers would later be known as “donut lassies”. They would even use war helmets as a utensil to fry up seven donuts at a time.

In 1938, National Donut Day was established as a way to honor the members of the Salvation Army that came to the aid of soldiers during World War I. Nowadays, National Donut Day is widely celebrated on the first Friday of June. Many donut shops are known to give them out for free, giving a good reason to take some time out of the day to enjoy this most cherished treat."

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By the time I remembered that today is National Donut Day, all of our favorite local donut stores were closed. Those are only open before noon.

Nevertheless, my sweet, wonderful husband made a special trip out to Dunkin' Donuts (not my favorite but still donuts) to get me donuts for Donut Day. Dunkin' Donuts does offer donuts all day long. It was also offering a "free" donut to customers to celebrate the day. BUT to get a free donut, one had to buy a drink. Thus, the free donut was not really free. Because I wanted my donut for a snack after dinner, my husband just bought a half dozen assorted donuts and paid full price for all. If I had remembered what day it was earlier, our regular donut shop wouldn't have been giving away free donuts. So, the free donut was no big deal.

I'm glad I got to celebrate National Donut Day today. It's been over 6 months since I last had a donut. On top of everything else, I am a big supporter of the Salvation Army who gave us this "holiday" over 100 years ago. This day honors them, too. Hope you were also able to celebrate the day. Donuts are yummy.