Camp David

Camp David, U.S. presidential retreat, located in Catoctin Mountain Park (see National Parks and Monuments, tablenational parks and monuments, table), in NW Md. The Camp David accords, 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.

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