Discovering History Through Old Photos: Camp Meigs in 1918

Published March 4, 2014Updated December 20, 20211 min readby ghostsofdc

What a great old photo from World War I. These photos show Camp Meigs in 1918.

Camp Meigs - July 20th, 1918 — Camp Meigs – July 20th, 1918

Source: U.S. National Archives

Camp Meigs - July 4th, 1918 — Camp Meigs – July 4th, 1918

Source: Library of Congress

1 thought on “Discovering History Through Old Photos: Camp Meigs in 1918”

Paul Wahler

November 19, 2015 at 10:52 am

Where was Camp Meigs, exactly? From the photo it looks to be northeast of the Capitol, but I can’t determine much more than that.

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