When going to 'camp' meant Roman military lodgings — not summer fun
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."
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."
This article was originally published at: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/25/nx-s1-5863153/camp-word-hi...