According to the website Holiday Insights, National Doughnut Day is always celebrated the first Friday in June and began as a way to celebrate the Salvation Army “Lassies” of WWI.
The original Salvation Army Doughnut was first served by Salvation Army in 1917. During WWI, Salvation Army Lassies were sent to the front lines of Europe. These volunteers made home cooked foods, and provided a morale boost to the troops. Often, the doughnuts were cooked in oil inside the one of the metal helmet of an American soldier. Salvation Army Lassies were the only women outside of military personnel allowed to visit the front lines.
In honor of the esteemed day of recognition which fell on Friday June 5, 2015, HMP resident extraordinaire Angela Colby hosted an impromptu doughnut eating, coffee, and juice drinking party at her house for neighbors lucky enough to show up before the doughnuts were gone.