Polling for the 2017 Readerâs Choice Awards took place between Dec. 25, 2016 and Jan. 1, 2017.
It was founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as Shangri-La and later renamed Camp David after Dwight Eisenhower's grandson, David Eisenhower. It was founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as Shangri-La and later renamed Camp David after Dwight Eisenhower's grandson, David Eisenhower. President Roosevelt called the Camp Shangri-La after the mountain kingdom in James Hilton's book Lost Horizon. It was renamed Camp David in 1953 by President Eisenhower in honor of his grandson.
Current Google Maps satellite view of Camp David - Click here for full-size version. The map below was created in 1971. It shows the location of the modern-day Laurel Lodge, which at the time was scheduled to be built in 1973.