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For Want of Clean Water

September 27, 2022 Posted by: Ranger Kelly

National Park Service

Toilets were not a humorous topic in the 18th Century. In fact, access to clean water and proper sanitation meant that disease would not spread. An idea that was not always taken seriously in the British or Continental armies.

 
 

Last updated: April 26, 2022

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