Aviation Heritage Park hosts ‘A Touch of Hope for The Troops’ during Duncan Hines Days

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The weekly festivities during Duncan Hines Days continued Tuesday as Aviation Heritage Park hosted the “A Touch of Hope for The Troops” event.

Members of the community came to the museum and got to taste some treats from the past and learn more about “Donut Dollies,” women around their early twenties who would distribute baked goods to soldiers during both World Wars and Vietnam.

You could learn more about the women who helped boost morale among the soldiers overseas and some of the stories behind some of the baked goods, such as the war and trench cakes.

Both the war cake and trench cake were made during World War I and World War II and were shipped to soldiers overseas from America.

Since shipping goods could take up to a month a time, you couldn’t use eggs or milk when sending baked goods as they would spoil. Both of these cakes were made with ingredients that wouldn’t spoil so families could feed their sons, brothers, husbands or whoever was fighting in the war.

There were also old military vehicles, along with some old MRE’s and mess kits, on display for people to look at to get an idea of what rationing during war time was like.

The event also gave everyone an idea of what it was like to simply make do with the resources you had in front of you during those eras of American history.

With this being the museum’s first time participating in Duncan Hines Days, volunteers were eager to share some of their local and national history with the community.

“We want the community to come to see us. And Duncan Hines day is huge around here. So we would love to be a part of this organization so that we can, better reach out to our community,” said Cara Pitchford, a volunteer at Aviation Heritage Park.

For more information on the remaining events for Duncan Hines Days, click here.