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Camp David is a 125-acre (51 ha) country retreat for the president of the United States.It lies 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, Washington, D.C. [1] [2] [3] It is code-named Naval Support Facility Thurmont.
The mother company Clinton was named after Bill Clinton, who was President of the United States when it was founded, while Camp David was chosen after the country retreat for the President. [2] Soccx references Bill Clinton's pet cat Socks and Chelsea his daughter Chelsea Clinton. [1]
David, after whom Camp David is named, [42] married Richard Nixon's daughter Julie in 1968. Mamie Eisenhower, painted in 1953 by Thomas E. Stephens. Eisenhower was a golf enthusiast later in life, and he joined the Augusta National Golf Club in 1948. [43]
US President Dwight Eisenhower (1890 - 1965) (left) and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (1874 - 1971) at Camp David, Maryland, September 25, 1959.
Biden chose the rustic redoubt in the Maryland hills for the first U.S.-Japan-South Korea summit because Camp David has often been used to symbolize newfound or hard-won friendship, a senior ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Camp David Accords Framework for Peace in the Middle East and Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel Celebrating the signing of the Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter, Anwar Sadat Type Bilateral treaty Signed 17 September 1978 (1978-09-17) Location ...
THURMONT, Md. (Reuters) - Joe Biden arrived on Friday for his first weekend as U.S. president at Camp David, the storied retreat in the mountains of western Maryland that many predecessors found ...
Coolidge, Arizona – named for 30th President of the United States Calvin Coolidge and the most recent city to be named after a U.S. President; Cooper, Maine – General John Cooper (landowner) [156] Cooper River (South Carolina) – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury [156] Cooperstown, New York – William Cooper