Camp David in 1935 and was completed in 1938. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt converted it to a presidential retreat and renamed it "Shangri-La" (for the fictional Himalayan paradise in the 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" by British author James Hilton, which he had jokingly referenced as the source of the Doolittle Raid earlier that year). Camp David received its present name from Dwight D. Eisenhower, in honor of his father and grandson, both named David. The Catoctin Mountain Park does not indicate the location of Camp David on park maps due to privacy and security concerns, although it can be seen
Shangri-La Shangri-La also appears in the Oasis song "Idler's Dream", B-side to "The Hindu Times". The lyrics appear as: "And as I close my eyes, And the sky turns red I realise just what you are. You're an idler's dream, and you're singing Shangri-la Shangri-la Shangri-la Shangri-la." "Going to Shangri-La" is a song from Atlanta Rhythm Section “This is Shangri-La” is a song on the album "Apple" by Mother Love Bone. "Shangri-La" is a track on Billy Idol's 1993 album "Cyberpunk". "Helsinki–Shangri-La" is a 2010 single of Finnish rapper Paleface. "Shangri-La" is the final track on the album "A New World