Fort George G. Meade: The First 100 Years
You may know Fort George G. Meade as a cyber and intelligence hub, but did you know that the installation used to be the home of Army Tank School after World War I? Or that it housed an internment camp at the start of World War II for primarily German-American and Italian-American citizens and foreign nationals? Learn more about the fascinating history of the third largest Army base in the U.S. in terms of number of workforce in this book.
You may know Fort George G. Meade as a cyber and intelligence hub, but did you know that the installation used to be the home of Army Tank School after World War I? Or that it housed an internment camp at the start of World War II for primarily German-American and Italian-American citizens and foreign nationals? Learn more about the fascinating history of the third largest Army base in the U.S. in terms of number of workforce in this book.
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Who was <strong>George</strong> G. <strong>Meade</strong> ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
WORLD WAR I YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
<strong>The</strong> Beginning of Everything <strong>Meade</strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
<strong>The</strong> Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>First</strong> Men Arrive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17<br />
Camp <strong>Meade</strong>: <strong>The</strong> Little Melting Pot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19<br />
Trench Warfare Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21<br />
Buffalo Soldiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23<br />
Women Join the Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25<br />
<strong>The</strong> "Hello Girls" at Camp <strong>Meade</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27<br />
Camp Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29<br />
Camp Laurel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />
Epiphany Chapel and Church House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33<br />
Odenton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />
Remount Station 304 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />
Heroic Pigeons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47<br />
African-American Doctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49<br />
Medical Care on <strong>Fort</strong> <strong>Meade</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51<br />
Restoring History: <strong>The</strong> 314 th Cabin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53<br />
Camp <strong>Meade</strong> and <strong>Fort</strong> McHenry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57<br />
Val Browning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />
A Soldier's Answer To Flanders Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>First</strong> Tank Casualty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63<br />
Five of Hearts: WWI Tank Crewed by Heros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65<br />
Namesake: Streets named for WWI Losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
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