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When going to 'camp' meant Roman military lodgings — not summer fun

NPR News · Jun 25, 2026, 9:00 AM · Also reported by 1 other source

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In this installment of NPR's Word of the Week, we go to camp: from 16th-century military lodgings to the wilderness adventures of the 1880s designed to turn boys into "manly men."

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When going to 'camp' meant Roman military lodgings — not summer fun

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