President Franklin Roosevelt and Katherine Hepburn having lunch together.
Hyde Park, NY September 22, 1940 --- President Franklin Roosevelt and actress Katherine Hepburn are seen lunching September 22, 1940 at Mrs. Roosevelt's Val-Kill Cottage in Hyde Park, New York. Writers, actors, and musicians met with with the President to arrange for a national radio show in support of the New Deal. (UPI Photo)
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Camp David, known formally as the Naval Support Facility Thurmont, is the President’s country residence. Located in Catoctin Mountain Park in Frederick County, Maryland, Camp David has offered Presidents an opportunity for solitude and tranquility, as well as an ideal place to host foreign leaders.
Adapted from the federal employee retreat Hi-Catoctin, President Franklin Roosevelt established the residence as USS Shangri La, modeling the new main lodge after the Roosevelt winter vacation home in Warm Springs, Georgia. President Eisenhower subsequently renamed the institution in honor of his grandson David.
Camp David has been used extensively to host foreign dignitaries. Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain attended the first such meeting in May of 1943; the summit held at the residence in 1978 for Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin resulted in what are now known as the Camp David Accords. (30 Photos) |
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