Past:
4.6.1917 U.S. declares war on German Empire
7.6.1917 Selection of Camp Fremont to be one of 32 army trading camps first made public
12.7.1917 U.S. declares war on Astro-Hungarian Empire
January 1918 Regular Army infantry (part of the newly formed 8th Division) marches to Camp Fremont from SF Presidio
11.11.1918 Armistice ending WWI
April 1920 Last U.S. troops , including those from Camp Fremont, leave Siberia
1.17.1992 8th Division de-activated
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3.23.2016, Wednesday, 9-10 AM - Initial organizing meeting of Camp Fremont Centennial Committee in 2nd floor conference room of Menlo Park Administrative Building, 701 Laurel Street, Menlo Park (see minutes of meeting on Cent Comm page)
4.3.2016, Sunday, 2-4 PM - Talk by historian Barbara Wilcox, "World War I Army Training by San Francisco Bay: the Story of Camp Fremont" at Lucie Stern Community Center1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Future:
6.11.2016, Saturday, 1 PM - Talk by historian Barbara Wilcox, "World War I Army Training by San Francisco Bay: the Story of Camp Fremont" at Menlo Park Library (downstairs room), 800 Alma Street, Menlo Park