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National Doughnut Day
The first Friday of June, when American shops give away doughnuts.
What is eaten for National Doughnut Day
National Doughnut Day falls on the first Friday of June. The Salvation Army began it in Chicago in 1938 to raise money and to honour the women volunteers who fried doughnuts for American soldiers in France during the First World War. Today the large chains and many small bakeries mark it by giving a doughnut free to each customer. Glazed ring doughnuts are the usual gift.
The dishes
Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "National Donut Day" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Doughnut: Angeldm, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Boston cream pie: cara fealy choate, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cruller: ジダネ, Public domain, source
- Jelly doughnut: Evan-Amos, Public domain, source