Neon sign

The sign is located outside the popular doughnut store DeAngelis Donuts in the town of Rochester, Pennsylvania. The doughnut is believed to have arrived in the U.S. by way of Dutch immigrants, seeing that in the 19th century it was still referred to as a kind of "oliekoek" which quite simply means oil cake in Dutch. The U.S. has celebrated the famous grease fried cakes on the National Doughnut Day since 1938. The tradition was instituted by the Salvation Army to commemorate the so-called Doughnut Girls, who would make cakes in makeshift kitchens for the American soldiers at the front during World War I, and sold them during the Great Depression of the 1930sraise funds against poverty. It is estimated that 10 billion doughnuts are consumed in the U.S. annually, corresponding to 33 doughnuts for each American.