July 14 ‘fresh-air bathing…harmony in nature’

July 14th is National Nude Day. Nudism, or naturism became popular in Germany in the late 1890’s. They called it Freikörperkulture (free body culture). The Germans praised the health benefits of swimming and exercising naked in the sun. Several American health people also promoted nudism near that time, one in particular Bernarr MacFadden. I haveContinue reading “July 14 ‘fresh-air bathing…harmony in nature’”