Camp David

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For the 1978 Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement see Camp David Accords

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Main Lodge at Camp David during Nixon administration, February 9, 1971.

The Naval Support Facility Thurmont, popularly known as Camp David, is the rustic 125 acre (0.5 km²) mountain retreat of the President of the United States. Camp David is part of the Catoctin Mountain Park recreational area in Frederick County, Maryland, 60 miles (97 km) north of Washington, D.C., about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and about 15 miles (24 km) east of Hagerstown, Maryland.

First known as Hi-Catoctin, Camp David was originally built as a camp for federal government employees and their families, by the WPA, starting in 1935, opening in 1938. In 1942 it was converted to a presidential retreat by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and renamed Shangri-La. Camp David received its present name from Dwight Eisenhower, in honor of his grandson, Dwight David Eisenhower II.^[1]

1 Analogous facilities
2 Gallery
3 See also
4 External links
5 References

Analogous facilities

Analogous facilities include:

Novo-Ogaryovo, country residence of the President of Russia
Zavidovo, country residence of the President of Russia
Chequers, country residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Harpsund, country residence of the Prime Minister of Sweden
Harrington Lake, country residence of the Prime Minister of Canada
Marienborg, summer residence of the Prime Minister of Denmark
Kultaranta, summer residence of the President of Finland
Lohn, country estate of the Swiss Federal Council outside Berne

Gallery

George H. W. Bush meets with his National Security advisors in the Laurel Lodge conference room on August 4, 1990.	George W. Bush meets with his advisors at Camp David on January 17, 2004, while preparing for his State of the Union address.	CAMPDAVIDIRAQ.jpg From Camp David, Vice President Dick Cheney and members of the Interagency Team on Iraq participate in a video teleconference with President George W. Bush in Baghdad, Iraq.	Georgebushjuly2007campdavid.jpg President George W. Bush and Chief of Staff Josh Bolten walk together with the President's dog, Barney, at Camp David, July 21, 2007.
Shinzo Abe & George W Bush, 2007Apr27.jpg Shinzo Abe and George W. Bush at Camp David in 2007.	NIXONSCAMPDAVIDwithdogs.jpg Richard and Pat Nixon walking their dogs in Camp David.	Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat at Camp David, September 7, 1978.	Menachem Begin poses at Camp David, 1978.
Camp David, Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat, 1978.jpg Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat with U.S. president Jimmy Carter at Camp David in 1978.	Carter and Sadat.jpg President of Egypt Anwar Sadat and Jimmy Carter meet at the beginning of the Camp David Summit in 1978.	British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President Ronald Reagan walk at Camp David in 1986.	Thatcher Reagan Camp David sofa 1984.jpg British Prime Minister Thatcher and President Reagan sitting in Aspen Lodge, 1986

External links

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Camp David

Camp David official White House page
Camp David from the Federation of American Scientists

Coordinates: 39°38′54″N, 77°27′54″W

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