A visit to the formerly top-secret West Virginia congressional hidey-hole, now a subterranean roadside attraction. Photography is not allowed on the tour, so here are some unclassified documents available to the general public.
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| Mexican President Cortines, President Eisenhower, and Canadian Prime Minister St. Laurent pictured at The Greenbrier for the North American Summit Conference Meeting, March 26, 1956. Under the cover of this meeting, U.S. government officials reached an agreement to proceed with the emergency relocation facility for Congress. |
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| A 25-ton blast door protected the west tunnel entrance of the emergency relocation facility for Congress located at The Greenbrier. |
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| The only written documentation connecting Congress to the bunker project at The Greenbrier. Although the letter seems quite vague, for all practical purposes, this was the Congressional leadership's formal authorization. |
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| Original bunk beds in one of eighteen dormitories in the former emergency relocation facility for Congress located at The Greenbrier. |
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| Formerly classified construction photograph of the bunker (1960). This section of the bunker was utilized as the Exhibit Hall of The Greenbrier. |
2 comments:
I'm not sure that most current members of Congress are doing enough to warrant being kept above ground; perhaps they could become exhibits of a sort at this facility for the viewing enjoyment of the public?
I once went to a similar facility in upstate NY, which had become an Iron Mountain cold storage facility for film and music.
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