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Camp David, U.S. presidential retreat, located in Catoctin Mountain Park (see National Parks and Monuments National Parks and Monuments
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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery. ..... Click the link for more information. , table), in NW Md. The Camp David accords Camp David accords, popular name for the historic peace accords forged in 1978 between Israel and Egypt at the U.S. presidential retreat at Camp David, Md. The official agreement was signed on Mar. 26, 1979, in Washington, D.C. ..... Click the link for more information. , the terms of a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, were established (1978) at this site; other negotiations and summits also have been held there. Camp DavidRural retreat of U.S. presidents, northern Maryland. The scenic mountainous area (200 acres, or 81 hectares) was established as “Shangri-La” in 1942 by Pres. Franklin Roosevelt and made an official presidential retreat by Harry Truman in 1945. In 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower renamed it Camp David for his grandson. It has been the scene of a number of high-level presidential conferences with foreign heads of state. See also Camp David Accords. |
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| Looking for a way to fund his culinary education, Eguaras enlisted in the Navy -- renowned for its culinary academy -- and a few months later recruitment officers from Camp David picked him from more than 250 candidates for a job in the kitchen of the presidential hideaway. Writing about the Camp David accords, the author points out that Israel did not place a legitimate offer on the table. The professors have had to miss only one summer, when Hassassian was asked to head the Jerusalem Task Force for the Palestinian Camp David negotiating team. |
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