By Doss Dennison

The Jacksonville Campground in East Machias is gearing up for its 160th year of hosting its annual week-long Christian camp meeting July 20-25. But before detailing the camp meeting’s schedule of events, I want to share some of the campground’s fascinating history, including events that led up to its beginning.

It doesn’t seem possible that the United States of America could be so divided that it would draw a line, choose sides, and fight the bloodiest war in our history amongst ourselves. Or, does it?