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The Nation's first-known English as a Second Language class - today known as ESL was held at the Cincinnati YMCA in 1856 for German immigrants.
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The Peace Corps, founded in 1961 by order of President Kennedy, was patterned after the YMCA's prorgam of World Service Workers, which started in the 1880's.
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Mrs. Smith's Pies got their start at a YMCA in 1918. Amanda Smith sold her home-baked pies one slice at a time at the Pottstown (Pa.) YMCA lunch counter.
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