Camp Milton

Cousin Doug might not like me saying this, but kudos to the Trust for Public Lands for their recent acquisition of Camp Milton near Jacksonville.

That's the site that both Confederate and Union forces used at various times during the Civil War.

(Shameless plug: If you want to learn more about that conflict, check out my recent book.)

Anyway, the current landowner had big plans to use the site as a place to dump waste from old septic tanks.

Lovely.

While I firmly support the rights of private property owners, there are some cases that just turn my stomach.

Cases like people literally trying to crap all over our heritage.

So, again, kudos to the Trust for Public Land for stepping in and saving a piece of our common history.