Camp David, the president’s rustic Maryland mountain retreat, through the years

Camp David, the president’s rustic Maryland mountain retreat, through the years 1 of 8 | President John Kennedy and former President Dwight Eisenhower walks along a flagstone path, in perfect step at Camp David, atop of mountain near Thurmont, Maryland on April 22, 1961 after they flew there to discuss the Cuban crisis. In background is one of the lodges at the camp. (AP Photo, File) 2 of 8 | President George H.W. Bush and British Prime Minister John Major hold a news conference at Camp David, Md., June 7, 1992, following two days of talks. Topics included the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro which both leaders will attend later this week. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, FILE) 3 of 8 | President George W. Bush, left, accompanied by Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, right, gestures during their joint press conference, Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) 4 of 8 | From left, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, right, listen as President Barack Obama shows off the grounds at the G-8 Summit Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) 5 of 8 | From left, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, President Joe Biden and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrive for a joint news conference, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) 6 of 8 | In this July 1981 file photo released by The White House, U.S. President Ronald Reagan, left, and Vice President George Bush go horseback riding at Camp David, Md. (Michael Evans/The White House, via AP, File) 7 of 8 | President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, left, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, walk on the grounds of Camp David, Md., Tuesday July 11, 2000, at the start of the Mideast summit. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File) 8 of 8 | President Donald Trump, center, accompanied by from left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Vice President Mike Pence, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, speaks after participating in a Congressional Republican Leadership Retreat at Camp David, Md., Jan. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) 1 of 8 | President John Kennedy and former President Dwight Eisenhower walks along a flagstone path, in perfect step at Camp David, atop of mountain near Thurmont, Maryland on April 22, 1961 after they flew there to discuss the Cuban crisis. In background is one of the lodges at the camp. (AP Photo, File) 1 of 8 President John Kennedy and former President Dwight Eisenhower walks along a flagstone path, in perfect step at Camp David, atop of mountain near Thurmont, Maryland on April 22, 1961 after they flew there to discuss the Cuban crisis. In background is one of the lodges at the camp. (AP Photo, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 2 of 8 | President George H.W. Bush and British Prime Minister John Major hold a news conference at Camp David, Md., June 7, 1992, following two days of talks. Topics included the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro which both leaders will attend later this week. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, FILE) 2 of 8 President George H.W. Bush and British Prime Minister John Major hold a news conference at Camp David, Md., June 7, 1992, following two days of talks. Topics included the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro which both leaders will attend later this week. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, FILE) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 3 of 8 | President George W. Bush, left, accompanied by Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, right, gestures during their joint press conference, Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) 3 of 8 President George W. Bush, left, accompanied by Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, right, gestures during their joint press conference, Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 4 of 8 | From left, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, right, listen as President Barack Obama shows off the grounds at the G-8 Summit Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) 4 of 8 From left, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, right, listen as President Barack Obama shows off the grounds at the G-8 Summit Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 5 of 8 | From left, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, President Joe Biden and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrive for a joint news conference, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) 5 of 8 From left, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, President Joe Biden and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrive for a joint news conference, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 6 of 8 | In this July 1981 file photo released by The White House, U.S. President Ronald Reagan, left, and Vice President George Bush go horseback riding at Camp David, Md. (Michael Evans/The White House, via AP, File) 6 of 8 In this July 1981 file photo released by The White House, U.S. President Ronald Reagan, left, and Vice President George Bush go horseback riding at Camp David, Md. (Michael Evans/The White House, via AP, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 7 of 8 | President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, left, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, walk on the grounds of Camp David, Md., Tuesday July 11, 2000, at the start of the Mideast summit. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File) 7 of 8 President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, left, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, walk on the grounds of Camp David, Md., Tuesday July 11, 2000, at the start of the Mideast summit. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 8 of 8 | President Donald Trump, center, accompanied by from left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Vice President Mike Pence, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, speaks after participating in a Congressional Republican Leadership Retreat at Camp David, Md., Jan. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) 8 of 8 President Donald Trump, center, accompanied by from left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Vice President Mike Pence, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, speaks after participating in a Congressional Republican Leadership Retreat at Camp David, Md., Jan. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is leaving behind the gold-accented White House on Friday for a Cabinet meeting at rustic Camp David in Maryland’s mountains. The retreat, about an hour northwest of Washington, has been the backdrop for presidential summits and smaller-scale meetings since Franklin Roosevelt established it during World War II. Friday’s meeting isn’t Trump’s first at Camp David, but he has spent less time at the compound than other presidents, and typically spends weekends at his own properties, including Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, and his golf courses in New Jersey and Virginia. Here’s a look at some key dates and prominent visitors in the camp’s history, assembled using archival material from The Associated Press, the National Archives, and presidential libraries.1942 — Roosevelt established the camp as Shangri-La, a reference from James Hilton’s novel “Lost Horizon.” Roosevelt had liked to relax on a presidential yacht, but the military and Secret Service started to worry about his safety on the open water during World War II. Roosevelt asked the National Park Service to identify sites within 100 miles of the White House that he could use for rest and picked what is now known as Camp David. 1943 — Roosevelt hosted Winston Churchill, who went on a fishing trip with the president and discussed the Normandy invasion at the retreat. 1953 — Dwight Eisenhower renamed the facility Camp David after his grandson and father. 2 MIN READ 5 MIN READ 3 MIN READ President John Kennedy and former President Dwight Eisenhower walks along a flagstone path, in perfect step at Camp David, atop of mountain near Thurmont, Maryland on April 22, 1961 after they flew there to discuss the Cuban crisis. In background is one of the lodges at the camp. (AP Photo, File) President John Kennedy and former President Dwight Eisenhower walks along a flagstone path, in perfect step at Camp David, atop of mountain near Thurmont, Maryland on April 22, 1961 after they flew there to discuss the Cuban crisis. In background is one of the lodges at the camp. (AP Photo, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 1959 — Eisenhower hosted Nikita Khrushchev, the first time a Soviet leader had come to the United States. 1971 — Richard Nixon met with economic advisers amid inflation and a looming run on gold, leading eventually to an announcement ending the gold-backed dollar. 1973 — Nixon hosted his Soviet counterpart, Leonid Brezhnev. 1978 — Jimmy Carter hosted Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Menachem Begin, resulting in the Camp David Accords signed in 1979. Unlike at the White House, where journalists come and go, the news media are barred from Camp David, unless they are invited to cover an event, like Friday’s summit.1984 — Ronald Reagan, the president who spent the most time at Camp David, hosted British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for the first time. In this July 1981 file photo released by The White House, U.S. President Ronald Reagan, left, and Vice President George Bush go horseback riding at Camp David, Md. (Michael Evans/The White House, via AP, File) In this July 1981 file photo released by The White House, U.S. President Ronald Reagan, left, and Vice President George Bush go horseback riding at Camp David, Md. (Michael Evans/The White House, via AP, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 1990 — George H.W. Bush hosted Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. 1992 — Camp David’s only wedding occurred when Bush’s daughter, Dorothy, married Bobby Koch at Evergreen Chapel at the facility. 2000 — Bill Clinton hosted a summit with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, left, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, walk on the grounds of Camp David, Md., Tuesday July 11, 2000, at the start of the Mideast summit. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File) President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, left, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, walk on the grounds of Camp David, Md., Tuesday July 11, 2000, at the start of the Mideast summit. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 2001 — George W. Bush met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair early in the year and held post 9/11 meetings ahead of the Afghanistan invasion later in the year. President George W. Bush, left, accompanied by Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, right, gestures during their joint press conference, Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) President George W. Bush, left, accompanied by Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai, right, gestures during their joint press conference, Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 2003 — Bush hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin. 2012 — Barack Obama hosted the G8 Summit. From left, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, right, listen as President Barack Obama shows off the grounds at the G-8 Summit Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) From left, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, right, listen as President Barack Obama shows off the grounds at the G-8 Summit Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 2015 — Obama hosted Persian Gulf nations for a summit. 2019 — Trump canceled a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghanistan leaders after a bombing in Kabul that killed 12 people, including an American soldier. ———Darlene Superville contributed archival reporting for this timeline.