| LC control no. | n 94077274 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Camp David (Md.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Maryland--Camp David |
| Variant(s) | United States. Navy. Camp David United States. Camp David United States. Naval Support Facility Thurmont NSF Thurmont Shangri-La (Md.) Camp Hi-Catoctin (Md.) Camp 3 (Md.) |
| Beginning date | 1942 |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Library of Congress Manuscript Division for McCrea, J. Papers, 1898-1984 (Camp David, Md.; presidential retreat; a U.S. Navy facility) Inside Camp David, 2017: page 4, etc. (Camp David; official name is Naval Support Facility Thurmont; commanded by a U.S. Navy Civil Engineering Corps officer; was WPA Camp #3; called Shangri-La during World War II) GNIS May 5, 2019 (Camp 3; locale; 39°38'54'N, 077°27'49"W; Frederick County, MD; variant names: Camp David; High Catoctin; Shangri-La) Naval Support Facility Thurmont website, May 6, 2019: History (Catoctin Mountain retreat; in 1942, President Roosevelt selected Camp Hi-Catoctin as the site for his retreat; the President first used the facility in July 1942; President Roosevelt named the camp “Shangri-La” after the fictional utopia in James Hilton's novel “Lost Horizon;” President Dwight D. Eisenhower, renamed Shangri-La “Camp David” after his grandson, David Eisenhower; NSF Thurmont) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-md |
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