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  2. Camp David - Wikipedia

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    Camp David is a 125-acre (51 ha) country retreat for the president of the United States.It is located in the wooded hills of Catoctin Mountain Park, in Frederick County, Maryland, near the towns of Thurmont and Emmitsburg, about 62 miles (100 km) north-northwest of the national capital city of Washington, D.C. [1] [2] [3] It is code named Naval Support Facility Thurmont.

  3. Photos show how Camp David, the president's private escape ...

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    President Franklin D. Roosevelt turned a Maryland camp into a presidential retreat in 1942. President Dwight Eisenhower changed the name to "Camp David" after his grandson. Subsequent presidents ...

  4. Why at least five of the last six US presidents have come to ...

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    CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND - AUGUST 18: (L-R) South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio walk together after holding a joint news conference ...

  5. Catoctin Mountain Park - Wikipedia

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    Originally planned to provide recreational camps for federal employees, one of the camps eventually became the home of the Presidential retreat, Camp David. The Presidential retreat is not open or accessible to the public; however, the eastern hardwood forest of Catoctin Mountain Park does have many other attractions for visitors, some of which ...

  6. Rapidan Camp - Wikipedia

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    FDR went on to establish his retreat in the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland at Camp Shangri-La, later renamed Camp David. While the Park Service pledged to maintain Rapidan Camp, [ 49 ] in 1936, The New York Times described rust and dry rot at the camp, which was still protected by seven Marines.

  7. Camp David’s long history as a diplomatic hotspot - AOL

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    US President Dwight Eisenhower (1890 - 1965) (left) and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (1874 - 1971) at Camp David, Maryland, September 25, 1959.

  8. White House Military Office - Wikipedia

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    Two years later, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called for the creation of the Presidential Pilot's Office (renamed the Presidential Airlift Group in 2001) to provide air transportation to the president and his staff. The White House Medical Unit was established in the West Wing in 1945.

  9. Gathered at Camp David, Biden's family tells him to stay in ...

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    It was a previously scheduled trip to the presidential retreat in Maryland for a photo shoot with Annie Leibovitz for the upcoming Democratic National Convention. But the gathering was also an exercise in trying to figure out how to quell Democratic anxiety that has exploded following Thursday's performance.