![]() It was intended to withstand an indirect nuclear attack and house all the members of Congress as well as a support staff of hundreds. In reality, a concrete-encased fallout shelter was being buried 720 feet underground. The addition, the West Virginia wing, was a cover-up. Government Relocation Facility was being built beneath what the public thought was simply an addition to the hotel proper. At the behest of the Eisenhower Administration, a U.S. ![]() In 1958 during the Cold War at the height of nuclear panic across the United States, Project Greek Island was underway at The Greenbrier in quiet, little White Sulphur Springs, WV. The Greenbrier once served as a 2,000-bed Army hospital and held diplomats from enemy nations after World War II.It sounds like the stuff of movies, but it’s true. ![]() Part of the site’s appeal for Eisenhower, historians say, was that the resort and its owner, the railroad operator CSX Corp., had a long-standing relationship with the government. ![]() The long-secret fallout shelter built to house Congress after a nuclear attack will reopen to tourists after a two-year renovation that includes construction of an exhibit hall and the first public display of two dozen historic, newly declassified photographs. Identification tags, posters encouraging secrecy, and bunk beds used in the fallout shelter are on display in the bunker at The Greenbrier, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Monday, July 10, 2006. ![]() Two theaters with plush green seats were to serve as chambers for the House and Senate. Capitol framed by fall leaves and the White House rimmed in spring flowers. There were working radio broadcast booths and a TV studio with two backdrops, the U.S. ![]()
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