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=The Peace Corps= By Thomas R. Clark


 * JFK is credited for the start of the Peace Corps but the first initiative came from **Senator Hubert H. Humphrey Jr.** who introduced the first bill to creat the Peace Corps in 1957.
 * The Peace Corps is a U.S. volenteer program run by the U.S. goverment as well as goverment Agenceys.


 * The Peace Corps was established by Executive Order 10924 on March 1, 1961 and autherized by congress on September 22, 1961


 * It was formed somewhere in Washington D.C. (I couldn't find specifice details where in D.C.)


 * The Peace Corps sent U.S. volunteers around the glob to more than 70 countries to work with goverments, schools, non-profit orginizations,non-goverment orginizations, and entrapenures in the areas of education, health, bussiness, information technology, agricalture, and enviroment.

**Links**
[|Peace Corps Website]

**Source**
[|Google] [|Wikipedia]