Camp Alger
Metro Stop: Dunn Loring-Merrifield
- Orange Line
An army barber shop at Camp Alger during the Spanish-American War. (Source: Library of Congress)
This new Metro map has a lot of stations commemorating the Civil War, but any student of history knows that it was by no means the only war America fought during the 19th century. The town of Dunn Loring is home to a former 1,400 acre farm that became a training camp during the Spanish-American War. “Camp Alger” trained some 23,000 men and brought huge growth and prosperity to Dunn Loring. Among these men was Carl Sandburg, who is remembered in the area by “Sandburg Street.”