Gallaudet Easter Campers of 1903

When I attended Gallaudet in the late 80’s and early 90’s, whenever we’d get a long weekend, some of us boys would get a convoy of trucks and vans filled up with camping gear and head up to the mountains at Deep Creek Lake or Sugar Mountain, or attend Timberfest camping festivals in Pennsylvania or even just take a overnight trek to one of the local state parks such as the one in Green Belt, Maryland, where my sleeping bag once lit up in smoldering flames as I snuggled too close to the fire. But that’s another story. Today I have a real treat for you: a story from the April 26, 1903 Washington Times titled SPRINGTIME CAMP OF THE GALLAUDET COLLEGIANS. Camping has a long tradition at Gallaudet, going back to the 1860’s. If today’s Gallaudet students are not camping together, they’re missing out on some good times and losing a long honored tradition!