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“To take the water” From “The Homestead” – Hot Springs, Virginia Excerpt from Dulce Book – Chapter 3 "The EBE's have a genetic disorder in that their digestive system is atrophied and not functional... In order to sustain them they use enzyme or hormonal secretions obtained from the tissues that they extract from humans and animals. "The secretions obtained are then mixed with hydrogen peroxide [to kill germs, viruses, etc.] and applied on the skin by spreading or dipping parts of their bodies in the solution. The body absorbs the solution, and then excretes the waste back through the skin. (Urine is also excreted through the skin in this manner, which may explain the ammonia-like STENCH that many abductees or witnesses have reported during encounters with the grey-type 'aliens'. - Branton). The Business Council Grant McConnell had only one hesitation in suggesting that the politics of business were conducted in narrow interest groups. That was the existence of the Business Council. Calling it "one of the more remarkable groups ever associated with the government," McConnell based his account on the small amount of information on its advisory functions that investigators had been able to obtain from the tight-lipped Department of Commerce up until the mid 1960's. McConnell noted that in the 1940's and 1950's the Council included a cross-section of the major business leaders in the nation. It held six meetings a year, some in Washington, some in resort settings like Sea Island, Georgia and Hot Springs, Virginia. Major government officials were in attendance at the meetings, which were strictly confidential. The council also prepared reports on a wide variety of general issues to give to government leaders. The expenses for meetings and reports were paid by private contributions. The Business Council, which was created in 1933 as an adjunct to the Department of Commerce, made a unilateral withdrawal from its quasi- governmental status in 1962 because of a small flap with the Kennedy administration. North Carolina businessman Luther H. Hodges, serving as Kennedy's Secretary of Commerce, asked the council to include more small-business representatives and to allow reporters to cover its meetings. He was responding in part to congressional and journalistic

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Page 1: To Take the Water

“To take the water” From “The Homestead” – Hot Springs, Virginia

Excerpt from Dulce Book – Chapter 3

"The EBE's have a genetic disorder in that their digestive system is atrophied and not functional... In order to sustain them they use enzyme or hormonal secretions obtained from the tissues that they extract from humans and animals.

"The secretions obtained are then mixed with hydrogen peroxide [to kill germs, viruses, etc.] and applied on the skin by spreading or dipping parts of their bodies in the solution.

The body absorbs the solution, and then excretes the waste back through the skin.

(Urine is also excreted through the skin in this manner, which may explain the ammonia-like STENCH that many abductees or witnesses have reported during encounters with the grey-type 'aliens'. - Branton).

The Business Council

Grant McConnell had only one hesitation in suggesting that the politics of business were conducted in narrow interest groups. That was the existence of the Business Council. Calling it "one of the more remarkable groups ever associated with the government," McConnell based his account on the small amount of information on its advisory functions that investigators had been able to obtain from the tight-lipped Department of Commerce up until the mid 1960's.

McConnell noted that in the 1940's and 1950's the Council included a cross-section of the major business leaders in the nation. It held six meetings a year, some in Washington, some in resort settings like Sea Island, Georgia and Hot Springs, Virginia. Major government officials were in attendance at the meetings, which were strictly confidential. The council also prepared reports on a wide variety of general issues to give to government leaders. The expenses for meetings and reports were paid by private contributions.

The Business Council, which was created in 1933 as an adjunct to the Department of Commerce, made a unilateral withdrawal from its quasi-governmental status in 1962 because of a small flap with the Kennedy administration. North Carolina businessman Luther H. Hodges, serving as Kennedy's Secretary of Commerce, asked the council to include more small-business representatives and to allow reporters to cover its meetings. He was responding in part to congressional and journalistic criticisms of the council's exclusive relationship with government, and in part to the fact that its chairperson at the time, Ralph Cordiner of General Electric, was in the limelight because of a gigantic price fixing scandal in the electrical equipment industry. Rather than totally accept Hodges' suggestions, the Business Advisory Council, as it was then called, quietly told the government that it was changing its name to the Business Council and becoming an independent organization which would offer its advice to all agencies of the government.

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Because it cultivates what a congressional committee called "an aura of secrecy," there is very little systematic evidence on the functioning of the Business Council. However, one of my former research assistants undertook a careful observational study for me of its May 1972 meeting. The four-day gathering was held in the lavish Homestead Hotel in Hot Springs, Virginia, a town of less than 2,500 people, and 50 miles from Washington. Council members heard speeches by government officials, conducted panels on problems of general concern, received reports from hired staff and talked informally with each other and the government officials in attendance. http://www.businesscouncil.com/directory/

Today, the Council meets three times a year in a collegial atmosphere to share and explore ideas. As a gathering of peers from many fields, the Council is entirely an educational and deliberative forum. It never takes positions as an organization and does not advocate any policy or course of action.

The meetings were held in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere that reinforced the feeling of camaraderie between the business and government participants. Discussion sessions were alternated with social events, including golf tournaments, tennis matches and banquet-style dinners for members, guests and wives. The guest list included the chairman of the Federal Reserve System, the Secretary of the Army, the Director of the CIA, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and a Special Assistant to the President.

Bilderberg Group – Illuminati – formed 1776 in Bavaria by Adam Weishaupt – based on the ideals by Plato John Ruskin – ‘A Secret Disciple of the Illuminati’ – Original Round Table Group formed in 2/5/1881 by Cecil Rhodes a fan of Ruskin. 'The first meeting that brought Americans and Europeans together took place under the chairmanship of H.R.H. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands at the Bilderberg Hotel in Oosterbeek, Holland, from 29th May to 31st May, 1954. Ever since, the meetings have been called Bilderberg Meetings.

History of “The Homestead” – Hot Springs, Virginia

George Washington visited land area in 1755 and 1756

Jefferson Men’s Pool opened June 1, 1761

Thomas Bullett – received grant for 300 acres of land June 27, 1764

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Visit 1818-1820

Acquired by Dr Thomas Goode 1832 – Famous for “The Spout and the Boiler”

President and Mrs. Tyler 1845

The Great Blizzard and Freeze Jan 18-19, 1857, 12+ inches of snow

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General R.E. Lee visited Aug 9-29, 1870

Edison Electric Company formed Sept 1878 (not really Homestead history)

Edison Electric Lamp Co, the Edison Machine Works 1881

J Pierpont Morgan – bought resort in 1888

Purchased by Southern Improvement Company – M.E. Ingalls, President of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 1890

New Homestead Hotel, stable, golf, and spa build 1892

Abner Anthony, Black, Lynched for Rape 1893

Joseph Alfred Andrews – ophthalmology, and Otolaryngology 1896

Benjamin Harrison and McKinley Presidents 1899

Thomas Edison supplied the first electric plant 1900

Fire destroyed most of buildings 1901

Grand opening March 10, 1902

Virginia Bar Association 14th annual meeting Aug 5, 6, 7 1902

Virginia Bar Association Aug 21-27, 1903

West Wing Opened in 1904

Southern Hardware Jobbers Association June 7, 1905

William H Taft – Visited July 7, 1908 – telegram sent

The Rights of Labor, By William Taft, Editor Thomas Edison Aug 3, 1908

Virginia Bar Association Aug 5, 1908 – William H Taft – candidate for US President – The Rights of Labor (recorded by Thomas Edison)

Speech by William H Taft – recorded Aug 8, 1908

The Statesman’s Playtime – March 16 1909 William H Taft

Virginia Bar Association Aug 8,9,10 1911

36 Zander Machines installed the sauna at the Homestead 1911

Golf Course expanded to 18 holes 1913

East Wing Completed in 1914 at the Homestead

Sold in 1914 to???

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Woodrow Wilson Marriage and Honeymoon with Edith Bolling Galt Dec 19-23, 1915

Mary Custis Lee 83, Dies Nov 18, 1918, eleven days after the signing of The Armistice which ended World War I

The Garden Room, Crystal Room, Empire Room and Theatre added in 1921/23

Knickerbockers Storm Jan 28, 1922 – dropped 19-28 inches of snow

The Cascades Golf Course 1923

Calvin Coolidge 1923

Columbia Bankers Association June 26, 1925

Virginia Bar Association Aug 12, 13, 14 1925

Women’s Golf Championship Sept 24-29, 1928

Virginia Bar Association Aug 1, 1929

Dr Friedrich W. von Prittwitz und Graffron – the German Ambassador – Jul 8 1929

The Tower Section added in 1929 to The Homestead

Herbert Clark Hoover 1929 – visits second wife

Rockefeller Family Archives http://archive.rockefeller.edu/collections/family/jdrjr/jrseries2.php

402 - Hot Springs, Virginia: correspondence, 1925-1926420 - Hot Springs, Virginia: correspondence 1932-1933421 - Hot Springs, Virginia: maps and memoranda, 1914-1932422 - Hot Springs, Virginia, "The Homestead": correspondence, 1915-1957423 - Hot Springs Valley Nursing Association, 1916-1948

Franklin D Roosevelt July 4, 1931 – Independence Day

Beta Theta Pi Fraternity – meeting 1932

Quota International - Meeting 1934

Jefferson Ladies Pool House added in 1936

Japan’s Ambassador to US Diplomat Hiroshi Saito – July 1938

American Surgical Association May 1939

Sam Snead Born Oct 14, 1940

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt – visited two weeks Mar 29, 1942

Creation of VENONA (1943 to 1980) – US Army Signal Intelligence Service – 1 Feb 1943 The original object of the VENONA program was to examine, and possibly exploit, encrypted Soviet diplomatic communications.

Dec 1941 to Sept 1942 German and Japanese Diplomat Corp – State Department Camp (diplomats, officials and dependents) – sometimes called Prisoner of War est. (at some point the Germans were moved to The Greenbrier) between 200-500 Japanese were held at The Homestead, a record found is of Roy L Morgan – Attorney, who was a special agent of the FBI / Greensboro, NC and worked at the homestead during this time. A State Department memorandum in 1942 reported that 785 people were interned in these hotels. ..."363 Japanese, 212 Germans, 113 Italians, 71 Hungarians, 16 Bulgarians, and 10 Romanians. Of this number, 655 diplomats, officials, and dependents actually resided at internment hotels from December 1941 to early September 1942." The last internment hotel closed in 1944. (Tetsuden Kashima, Judgment without Trial: Japanese American Imprisonment during World War II, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003, 180-182.)

First United Nations Conference May 18 to June 3 1943 – President Harry S. Truman, Lester B Pearson – Prime Minister Canada – 44 Nations Conferred and proposed the creation to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – Dedicated to the Better Living for the Peoples of the entire world.

Duke and Duchess of Windsor Visited 1943 – rumor has it never paid the bill

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1944

Ten autograph letters from a young Jacqueline Lee Bouvier (John F Kennedy wife) to an older girlfriend, ‘WOODLEY’ or ‘WOODLEIGH L.', written circa 1944-1947 when Jackie was attending Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, Connecticut. The undated letters are on letterhead stationery from Miss Porter’s School, The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia, her own “JBL” initialed paper and her two Auchincloss homes: Merrywood in McLean, Virginia and Hammersmith Farm, Newport, Rhode Island. Written when Jackie was between 15 and 17, they are social, chatty, and gushy at times, and at other times give glimpses of a savvy assessment of people and situations. Several include humorous drawings. [$40,000-60,000]

Ninth Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Jan 6-17, 1945, Richard Boyer, Kenneth Bailey, James Brigden, Sir Frederic Eggleston and Alan Watt

Business Advisory Council, 27 Oct 1945, US Army Air Force General Carl A Spaatz, and General Marshall Address on Aerial Recon

Southern Surgical Association Dec 4-6, 1945 Hot Springs, Virginia

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1946

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American Plant Food Council Jun 24, 1946

American Association of Neurological Surgeons 15th annual meeting 1946

President Truman officially proclaimed the end of WWII

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1947

American Association of Neurological Surgeons meeting 1947

Association of Life Insurance Counsel – May 26, 1947

Business Advisory Council Meeting, Hot Springs, Virginia May 6, 1950 President Truman

Association of Life Insurance Counsel, May 22, 1951

Virginia League for Nursing Education June 24-27, 1951

Virginia Nursing Association June 24-27, 1951

Business Advisory Council - Oct 27, 1951

Allen Dulles – CIA director – addressed Princeton Alumni on April 10, 1953, at the Homestead in Hot Springs Virginia – battle of the Minds – the war of ideologies, “Brain Warfare – Russia’s Secret Weapon”

Dwight Eisenhower – 1952

Princeton Alumni April 10, 1953 – Allen Dulles CIA speech

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1953

Outdoor pool added in 1954 at The Homestead

American Radium Society Meeting, Lauriston Sale Taylor – March 16, 1954

Business Advisory Council – May 8, 1954, Sept 30, 1954 Oct 22, 1954

American Plant Food Council – President Truman – Jun 1954

Southern Surgical Association - Dec 6, 1954

Business Advisory Council - Oct 21 1955

National Industrial Conference Boards Council of Executives on Company Contributions – May 1955

Business Advisory Council – May 18, 1956 – Lewis L Strauss

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1957

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Sputnik 2 launched Nov 3, 1957

Business Advisory Council – in 1957 the Business Advisory Council invited Bohemian E.O. Lawrence to a Council meeting in Hot Springs, Virginia, where he was to give an address on radiation hazards. This meeting was described as "off-the-record and informal with no reporters present" (Lawrence 4-1-57). The Council's "private" meeting combined fifty-nine top corporate executives with key government officials to discuss atomic energy issues and policy. Government personnel attending this function included the Secretaries of Treasury, HEW, and Commerce, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, and Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve System, and numerous under-secretaries and departmental directors. Business Council Executive Director, Walter White sent Lawrence a follow-up letter on May 15, 1957 thanking him for his presentation and requesting he send in all his travel expenses for reimbursement (Lawrence 5-15-57).

The Commonwealth and Georgian Rooms added to The Homestead in 1958

Major Snow storm 14-20 inches – Feb 14-16 and Mar 20-21 1958

Business Advisory Council Meeting - May 19 1958

Southern Surgical Association Dec 8-10, 1959

1959 Snow machines, and Ice Skating added to the Mountain at Hot Springs

General Electric Annual Management Conference Jan 1960

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1960

Business Advisory Council Oct 20-23 1960 – Dwight D Eisenhower

October 21, 1961 in a major speech cleared by Rusk, Bundy and President Kennedy, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric publicly deflates the "missile gap" hypothesis--the theory that the United States is dangerously behind the Soviet Union in its nuclear capabilities. Gilpatric tells his audience in Hot Springs, Virginia, that the United States actually possessed a substantially larger nuclear arsenal than the Soviet Union. (Address by Roswell Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense before the Business Council at the Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia, 10/21/61; Hilsman, p. 163) Unclassified Speech No. 1173-61, in Cuban Missile Crisis Document Set (Washington, DC: National Security Archive, 1992), Document No. 00115; Michael R. Beschloss, the Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960-1963 (New York: HarperCollins, 1991), pp. 329-332.

Southern Surgical Association Dec 5-7, 1961

Bowling lanes added to the Homestead in 1962 – probably by request of Eisenhower

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Dwight D Eisenhower – Presidential papers 1961-1969, indicated that he visited October 20, 1962

The Business Council Meeting – October 20, 1962 – President Eisenhower

November 1962, 64 – MITRE-ESD Congress Meeting – First Congress of Sciences of the Information Systems meeting – beginning of ARPA, ARPANET, and Project MAC

Southern Surgical Association, Dec 10-12, 1963 – meeting – presentation on President Eisenhower’s Operation for Regional Enteritis

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1963

Plaque installed at FAO meeting June 3, 1963

Business Council Meeting Dec 4, 1963 – Lyndon B Johnson – 1st attended meeting

Eastern Radiological Society April 26-29, 1964

Lyndon B Johnson – May 8 1964 – Business Council Meeting

John F Kennedy met with the Business Council in October 1964

Second Conference on Information System Sciences – Nov 1964 – Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia, Larry Roberts "concluded that the most important problem in the computer field before us at the time was computer networking; the ability to access one computer from another easily and economically to permit resource sharing."

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1965

Business Council Meeting - Gerald Ford Speech Sept 21, 1965 Eastern Radiological Society April 26-29, 1965

Major Snow storm – 15-40 inches Jan 30-31 1966

Tennessee Savings and Loan League – Aug 28, 1967 – President John F Kennedy

American Society of Sales Executives Oct 4 1967

Business Council Meeting Oct 22, 1966 – Gerald Ford

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1967

Business Council Meeting May 11, 1968 – President Lyndon B Johnson (63-68)

James Earl Carter – Governor of Georgia 1968

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Business Council, CIA Director Richard Helms, Ho Chi Minh Herb Klein, James Srodes (reporter) May 23, 1969

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1969

Business Advisory Council Meeting May 1972

Governor of California Ronald Wilson Reagan – 1973

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1973

Trilateral Commission created early 1973, by David Rockefeller, and Zbigniew Brzezinsi, Jimmy Carter was a member

American Society for Head and Neck Surgery, April 30, 1973

Virginia Library Association 1973 (every other year meeting)

The Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, Hot Springs, Va June 1973

1973 South Wing built at The Homestead – adding 190 Guest rooms and a 50,000 sq foot Conference Center

Vice President Gerald R Ford July 19-24, 1974 – Plays golf

Virginia Bar Association July 20, 1974 – Gerald Ford Speech

Virginia Trial lawyers Association Mar 13, 14, 15, 1975

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1975

Bilderberg Meeting was scheduled at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia in 1976 – claimed to have been canceled - but really existed (according to some web sties)

Business Council Meeting - George H.W. Bush – May 6, 1976

Plane Crash - Sept 26, 1976, Johnson and Johnson Inc., Grumman Gulfstream 11 – N500J

George Herbert Walker Bush – visits Mrs. Bush in May of 1976 – While he was Directory of CIA

National Institute if Education Conference Nov 11, 1977

Southern Surgical Association – 89th annual session, Dec 6, 1977

Major Snow Storm – 30+ inches in some places – Jan 19-20, 1978

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1978

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Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Fourth and Fifth Circuit Seminar, 1978

Business Council Meeting Oct 1978 – President Carter

Southern Surgical Association Dec 4-5, 1978

American Ophthalmological Society 1979 meeting

Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference Aug 1979

General Foods, April, 30 1981

Virginia Library Association Annual Conference 1981

CAPAIDM Hot Springs Conference, Sept 1981

IEEE Computer Society Workshop – Computer Architecture for Pattern Analysis and Image Database Management, Nov 1981

Workshop on Computer Architecture for Pattern Analysis and Image Data Base Management – 1982

Business Council May 17, 1982, Time David Beckwith, J. Paul Lyet – Sperry, Reginald Jones GE, Charles Brown AT&T, T.A. Wilson Boeing, Walter Wiston Citibank, Clifton Garvin jr Exxon, Ruben Mettler TRW

Radar industry meeting Oct 1982

7th Annual meeting Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, Jan 22, 1983

Business Council Meeting, May 13, 1983 – Secretary of State George Schultz

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1983

Transatlantic Legislator’s Dialogue meeting (TLD) 19-25 Sept 1983

Southern Surgical Association Dec 5-7, 1983

10 of 11 original cottages were rebuilt and became the shopping area known as “Cottage Row” at the Homestead in 1984

1984 "Meeting at the 'Country Club', a remote lodge with private golf course, comfortable sleeping and working quarters, and its own private airstrip built by and exclusively for the members of MJ-12, it was a factional fight of what to do now.

Business Council Meeting Oct 1984 (two meetings this year) – Exxon Chair Clifton Garvin, Ford Chairman Philip Caldwell

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Southern Neurosurgical Society Jan 1986

Business Advisory Council Feb 19, 1986 and May 9-10, 1986 – President Reagan

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1986

The Neurosurgical Society of Virginia Jan 1987

Business Council Meeting - Secretary George P Shultz – meeting May 8, 1987

Business Council Meeting – May 1988

South Carolina Surgical Society June 10, 1988

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 1988

Major Snow storm 24 inches of snow – Feb 1989

Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, Jan 1989

International Institute for Strategic Studies “The Role of the United States in a Changing World” Hot Springs, VA 1990

American Association of Plastic Surgeons, May 1990

Business Council Meeting May 1990 – Citicorp Chairman John D Reed

Dick Chaney – Current Strategy Forum 1991: Selected Readings, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Sept 6, 1990

The American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society Meeting Sept 6-8, 1990

Business Council Meeting, May 1991 – Alan Greenspan, John F Welch – GE, James D Robinson – Amex

The Summit Conference on Chronic Fatigue 1991

Southern Surgical Association Dec 2-3, 1991

American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society Sept 10-12, 1992

Gary K Rosenberg, Named President of the Homestead 1993

11th International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy, June 11-18 1993

October 1993 Dallas based ClubCorp Resorts assumed Management of The Homestead

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Southern Surgical Association Dec 7, 1993

Redesign of Homestead Golf Course by Rees Jones - 1994

Winter storm so bad electricity was out Jan Feb 1994 – iciest Winter Virginia has ever seen – freezing rain and sleet – disaster resulted in $61 Million in Federal aid and a Presidential Disaster Declaration

1995 Spinal Outlook, May 1995

Virginia Music Educators Association 1995

Blizzard of 1996 – Jan 6-13 1996, 22-36 inches of snow – closing I-95 for 5 days, shut down government for 4 days – 2 to 4 feet of snow in Richmond Virginia

Virginia Music Educators Association 1996

Virginia Music Educators Association 1997

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners – Mid Atlantic Conference July 1 1997

Southern Governor’s Association Sept 7-9, 1997

Virginia Surgical Society, May 1-3, 1998

Virginia Music Educators Association 1998

American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society Annual meeting, Sept 1998

Southeastern Association of Pathology Chairs - Sept 18, 1999

Virginia Music Educators Association 1999

Virginia Biomedical Association - Sept 20-22, 1999

President William Jefferson Clinton – address Luncheon meeting of Democratic Congressional Caucus 2000

School of Osteopathic Medicine Seminar – April 2000

American Orthopedic Association Meeting 2000

Virginia Music Educators Association 2000

Virginia Maryland Delaware Electric Cooperatives - 23-24 July 2000

Grand Ballroom and Outdoor Pool added, new Snowmaking equipment installed, new shooting sports Club house and Pavilion - 2001

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Neurosurgical Society of Virginia - Jan 19, 2001

American College of Surgeons \ Virginia Surgical Society 49th annual meeting April 27, 2001

Mid America Science Museum – NASA exhibit – Feb 12-May 18, 2001

Geochemical Society, 11th annual V.M Goldschmidt Conference - May 19-24, 2001

71 Judicial Conference – 4th Circuit Court – June 28-30, 2001

Tech Prep Advance VCCS-WDS – Institute of Excellence for Information Technology July 25, 2001

Virginia Music Educators Association 2001

EIA Annual Legislative Roundtable Aug 12-15, 2001

Virginia Biomedical Association - Sept 26-28, 2001

West Virginia Bar Association Sept 27-29, 2001

New Grand Ballroom opened 2001 – 20,000 square foot structure

Advisory Commission on Intergovermental Relations / Virginia Association of Counties Annual conference – Nov 11, 2001

Southern Surgical Association, Dec 2001

GovNet 2002 - 19-21 May 2002

2001 Council of the Mineralogical Society of America - May 19, 2001

Virginia Neurological Society – 2001, 2002 meeting

EIA 19th annual legislative Roundtable Aug 12-15, 2001

Southern Surgical Association - Dec 3, 2001

GovNet 2002 – DHS director Tom Ridge – May 20, 2002

Sam Snead Died - May 23, 2002 at 89 years old

Tennessee Bankers Association - Jun 11, 2002

National Chicken Council Chicken Marketing Seminar - July 24, 2002

EIA Annual legislative Roundtable Aug 11-14, 2002

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World Council for Sustainable Development – 31 March 2003, Mr. Bjorn Stigson

PJM Interconnection – Optimal Technologies “2003 Advanced Technology Fair” April 30, 2003

Digital Rights Management – 2003 Annual Legislative Roundtable – Aug 11, 2003

International Leadership Council Meeting - Mar 31-April 2 2003

EIA Annual Legislative Roundtable Aug 10-13, 2003

DevConnect Developers Conference - Sept 2003

Maryland Healthcare Education Institute – 28th Annual meeting - Oct 19-21, 2003

Virginia Library Association, Virginia Association of Law Librarians – Nov 5-7, 2003

VACEP – Virginia College of Emergency Physicians - Feb 10-12, 2004

SpyRetreat 2004 – April 25-30, 2004

Virginia Telecom Industry Association Annual meeting - Jun 2-4, 2004

DC Circuit Judicial Conference - June 2004

Brett Schoenfield Named President of The Homstead – Aug 4, 2004

EIA Annual legislative and Regulatory Roundtable Aug 8-11, 2004

Professional Services Council 2004 Annual Conference - Oct 4, 2004

Virginia Library Association Annual Conference Nov 5-7, 2004

SecureGOV 2004 – Dec 5-7, 2004

Triton PCS ADC Digivance Indoor Coverage Solution – Cell Phone - Suncom wireless network installed Jun 29 2004 – an almost total flop – as this is the ONLY cell phone service that works reliably at this location – Sprint, Verizon, Alltel are all roaming

6 part Cooking school – Oct to March 2004

HrGov 2005 Strategic Intelligence Meeting – Mar 8-10, 2005, - The Homestead Resort, hot Springs, VA, some of the 2004 Presenters: Department of Air Force, Department of Agriculture (DOA), Department of Army, Department of Commerce (DOC), Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS),

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Department of Housing and Urban Development, (HUD), Department of Interior (DOI), Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Labor (DOL), Department of Navy, Department of State (DOS), Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of Treasury, Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), Independent Government Agencies: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, U.S., Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Corporation for National Service, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (CIAO), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Independent Government Agencies (continued): Export-Import Bank of the United States, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Elections Commission, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Maritime Commission, Federal Reserve System (12), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (4), General Services Administration (GSA), Merit Systems Protection Board, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (48), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Science Foundation (NSF) (18), National Security Agency (NSA), National Transportation Safety Board, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Sandia National Labs, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2), Small Business Administration (SBA), Smithsonian Institution, Social Security Administration (SSA), Tennessee Valley Authority, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), United States International Trade Commission (USITC), United States Postal Service (USPS) (5), Voice of America (VOA)

HrGOV 2005/ELearningGOV 2005 – Mar 6-8, 2005

Medical Manufacturing Summit - April 17-19, 2005

Virginia Orthopaedic Society Meeting May 13-15, 2005

ConVurgeGov 2005 - June 12-14, 2005

Nuclear Energy institute – “The Special Relationship: American Manufacturing and Nuclear Energy” - Aug 4, 2005

National Association of Manufacturers – 2005 Leadership Conference – Aug 3-5 2005

EIA Annual Legislative and Regulatory Roundtable Aug 7-10, 2005

Media General Annual Executive Conference - Oct 17, 2005

SecureGOV 2005 – Sept 18-20, 2005

NetworkGOV 2005 – Oct 30 – Nov 1 2005

Medical Society of Virginia Foundation – November 5, 2005

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Spyretreat 2005 conference – Espionage: The Unknown Wars – 8-13 Nov, 2005 http://spytrek.com/spyretreat/index.html

TalentGOV 2005 – Dec 4-6 2005

Winterfest 2006, Jan 27-29, 2006

Medical Alumni Association Annual Meeting - Feb 23-25, 2006

World Policing Summit - 6-7 March 2006

PELS Alumni Association and ILCT Graduates Re-Training – March 27-28, 2006 (Virginia State Police meeting)

Easter Weekend - April 14-16, 2006

Department of Homeland Security Summit 7-9 May 2006

Homeland Security Summit - 7-9 May 2006 - The Homestead Resort, Hot Springs, VA

2006 Homestead Cup Championship, Seventh Annual Cascades Invitational, Memorial Day Weekend - May 26-28, 2006

Virginia Blues and Jazz Festival – Jun 9-10, 2006

Virgnia Press Association 125th Anniversary Celebration June 9-10, 2006

North Carolina Bankers Association - June 17-21, 2006

Independence Day Celebration - July 1-4, 2006

OPASTCO (Rural, independently owned, local Telecom companies – LEC’s)) 43rd Annual Summer Convention July 19, 2006

Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Inc Meeting July 22-24, 2006

Virginia Bar Association Meeting - July 22, 2006 – George Allen

McKesson health Care – July 25-28, 2006, featured speakers - Colin Powell, Cal Ripken

PMIC/VAMIC Convention Show - Aug 6-8, 2006 (document imaging)

Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) - Aug 13-16, 2006 (held for 24 consecutive years at this location, on, or near this date)

VA CPA Practice Management Conference Aug 23-25, 2006

Medical Society of Virginia Sept 4-5, 2006

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Corporate Benefits Summit (Senior Benefit Officers of Fortune 2000 Companies) - Sept 10-12, 2006 – George Bush, and Alan Greenspan keynote speakers

Virginia Association of Realtors - Sept 20, 2006

DNA Judicial Conference - Nov 1-2 2006

Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals (VAESP) - Nov 8-10, 2006

NC Utility Contractors Association Nov 9-12, 2006

Big Band Weekend - Nov 10-12, 2006

Sold to KSL Capitol Partners – estimated value 1.8 billion Dollars, sale was finalized Dec 27 2006, KSL was founded in 1992, October 2006

Republican Party of Virginia – Dec 3, 2006

Virginia Community College Association – Dec 5, 2006

Phillip Morris Meeting - Dec 5, 2006

Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Weekend - Jan 12-15, 2007

Winterfest Jan 26-27, 2007

Virginia Neurological Society Feb 1-4, 2007

Anesthesia Seminars of America (ASOA) Feb 10-11, 2007

Virginia College of Emergency Physicians - Feb 12-14, 2007

Virginia College of Emergency Physicians Board Meeting - Feb 15, 2007

Arlington Virginia Seniors - Feb 13-15, 2007

Medical Alumni Annual Meeting – UVA, Feb 15-18, 2007

Presidents Day Weekend - Feb 16-19, 2007

Easter Weekend - April 6-8, 2007

GOVNet Summit 2007 - April 15-17, 2007

Homeland Security Summit - April 15-17, 2007

National Healthcare CNO Summit - April 22, 2007

National Healthcare CFO Summit - April 22, 2007

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National Healthcare CIO Summit - April 22, 2007

Medical Manufacturing Summit - April 17-29, 2007

Evolution Summit - April 29, 2007

American Academy of Pediatrics, Virginia Chapter - April 27-29, 2007

Virginia Telecommunications Industry Association Annual Mt - Jun 30, 2007

Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance - July 12-15, 2007

Virginia Bar Association – Summer Meeting July 19-22, 2007

Virginia Association of Roofing Contractors - Aug 1-3, 2007

West Virginia Bar Association, 12 Annual Meeting - Sept 13-15, 2007

American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute – 2007 Annual Meeting Sept 30-Oct 1, 2007

PERC Council Meeting - Oct 4-15, 2007 (National Propane Gas Association)

The Hummer Club Meeting - October 2007

Medical Society of Virginia – Annual meeting, and Board of Directors meeting - Oct 25-28, 2007

Southeastern Council of Foundations (SECF) - Nov 14-16, 2007

Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police - Aug 3-6, 2008

Virginia Association of Realtors Sept 21-25, 2009