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The Duke and Duchess of Windsor celebrated the grand re-opening of Greenbrier after WWII, when it had been repurposed as a 2,000 bed military hospital. |
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Greenbrier Hotel has hosted 26 US Presidents, starting with Van Buren in 1841. There is a massive underground bomb shelter (112,000 square feet) that was built in the 1950’s and kept in secret readiness for decades as a space to house Congress in case of disaster. Which also explains why there is a 7,000 ft. landing strip at the airport for a town of only 3,000 people. Eisenhower was very fond of Greenbrier (probably because of the golf). Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds honeymooned here.
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High Tea at the Greenbrier includes a grand piano, a waltz and waitresses bringing in cookies to the tune “March of the Cookies”. |
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Greenbrier, about 1938, was quite a place to send a daughter for cotillions, where they might hope to catch the eye of an eligible gentleman. |
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Greenbrier’s current golf pro Emeritus is none other than Tommy Watson, who stopped and chatted with us. Mike commended him on his patience, to which Tommy said, “In the right context, you need to use anger when you play. Sometimes you have to get all red-assed on that ball!”
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The Greenbrier golf pro in 1937? Slammin’ Sammy… Sam Snead |
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