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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWSJ: Asheville’s Grove Park Inn will shelter U.S. Supreme Court when Armageddon arrives
http://www.ashvegas.com/wall-street-journal-ashevilles-grove-park-inn-will-shelter-u-s-supreme-court-when-armageddon-arrivesWall Street Journal: Ashevilles Grove Park Inn will shelter U.S. Supreme Court when Armageddon arrives
Jason Sandford | May 8, 2013
Heres a fun bit of trivia from the Wall Street Journal, courtesy of loyal reader:
Asheville, N.C., is where Moog synthesizers are made, where George Vanderbilt erected his Biltmore mansion and where Thomas Wolfe set Look Homeward, Angel. And if North Korea ever starts firing missiles at America, the Blue Ridge Mountains town could also become home to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Thats because the court has plans to relocate to Asheville in the event of enemy attack or the imminence thereof on Washington, according to once-secret documents unearthed by Cold War trivia maven Bill Geerhart.
In 1956, the court signed an agreement to occupy the Grove Park Inn, a sprawling pile built of granite boulders along a mountainside, during a national emergency. The hotel considers itself still bound by the agreement.
The story goes on to quote inn spokeswoman Tracey Johnston-Crum as saying the inn still felt bound by the agreement. The newspaper talked to several justices, who said they were unaware of the document.
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WSJ: Asheville’s Grove Park Inn will shelter U.S. Supreme Court when Armageddon arrives (Original Post)
G_j
May 2013
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. Dear China, North Korea, and Iran. Adjust your missiles accordingly. nt
lpbk2713
(42,750 posts)3. First question that should be raised:
Do we really need to save the Supremes?