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The underground facility contained a dormitory, kitchen, hospital, and a broadcast center for members of Congress. The broadcast center had changeable seasonal backdrops to allow it to appear as if members of Congress were broadcasting from Washington, D.C. [ citation needed ] A 100-foot (30 m) radio tower was installed 4.5 miles (7.2 km) away ...
Shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack, in December 1941, construction began on a hardened bunker to the east of the White House grounds that would provide a secure refuge for the president in the event of an air raid against the capital city. The East Wing was built on top of the bunker to hide the facility's construction from the public.
Prior to July 1992, the bunker also served as a continuity of government facility. With a peacetime staff of 100, the site was designed to support an emergency staff of 540 for 30 days, but only 200 beds were provided in the men's and women's dormitories (to be shared on a "hot-bunk" basis by the staff working around the clock).
There’s a whole city’s worth of stuff underneath the White House, complete with a lasting oxygen supply and midnight snacks for weeks.
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In a video footage shot by bystanders that emerged after his death, a police officer, Derek Chauvin, was seen kneeling on his neck for nearly 10 minutes, even as Floyd said he couldn't breathe and ...
The classified, underground facility, named "Project Greek Island", [11] [19] was built at the same time as the West Virginia Wing, an above-ground addition to the hotel, from 1959 to 1962. [9] [10] Although for 30 years the bunker was kept stocked with supplies, it was never used as an emergency location, even during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The property was the subject of a 2023 investigation by 'Wired,' which revealed treehouses, two mansions, a 5,000-square-foot bunker and extreme security measures