Northeast Florida may be widely thought of as Navy territory, but that wasn’t always the case.
Today, Camp Blanding in Clay County is primarily the home of the Florida National Guard, but during World War II, it was one of the largest Army training facilities in the country.
The Camp takes shape
Just outside of the main gates at Camp Blanding, visitors will see relics and machinery of wars past.
At the center of the public park is the Camp Blanding History Museum, which occupies one of the last remaining original structures of the base’s heyday…