Meet the Author: The Story of Camp Fremont

Saturday, Feb. 6, Costco Fremont, 1-3 pm.

43621 Pacific Commons Blvd
Fremont, CA 94538-3809
(510) 897-1091

As America entered World War I in 1917, Stanford University leased three-fourths of its Palo Alto land to allow the creation of an Army training camp, Camp Fremont. The camp brought the war and its controversies home. Locals adapted to the proximity of 28,000 soldiers, and the foothills acquired a trench ground and artillery range where dugouts and unexploded ordnance occasionally still emerge decades later. Peace broke out before most Camp Fremont troops saw battle, but the skills they acquired helped transform the West.

Barbara Wilcox, author of World War I Army Training by San Francisco Bay: The Story of Camp Fremont (History Press, 2016), will sign copies of the book, available for purchase. Free to Costco members.