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FIGURE 16. Lighthouse Reservation Camp. August 28, 1917.
Note: In 1917, the Lighthouse Reservation Camp was established on the Lighthouse Reservation by
carving into the hillside. By 1919, the camp was known as Camp Paul Jones. It was the second
largest tent camp containing 806 tents. Each canvas tent sported a wooden floor and, if the occupants
were lucky, a wooden sidewalk. The purpose of the excavation in the lower left corner of the
photograph is unknown but may have been part of a barrow pit.

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