Since its founding in 1924 the Army Navy Country Club has had a unique historic character.
The land acquired for the Arlington facility includes the site of Fort Richardson, one of the 68 forts that formed the Civil War “Defenses of Washington”. Camp Convalescence, a significant Civil War hospital, and Camp Ingalls, the winter camp of the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery and other units. The Old Georgetown Road, now Army Navy Drive, was part of the route used by Rochambeau and Washington for their march from New Jersey to Yorktown for the decisive battle of the American Revolution.
Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley were founding members. Bradley, Chester Nimitz and Hoyt Vandenberg served as the Club president. Four Presidents of the United States were members and numerous others took advantage of their access to our facilities as honorary members. No other club in the Washington area can claim such a distinguished legacy.
To continue and preserve this legacy and to give back to the community, the Army Navy Country Club created the Army Navy Country Club Foundation in 2004.
ARMY NAVY COUNTRY CLUB 1924-1989 HISTORICAL REVIEW
Copyright (c) 1989 Army Navy Country Club, 2400 18th Street South Arlington, VA 222014
Click on title to open the PDF version of the Army Navy Country Club 1924-1989 Historical Review
ANCC Feature & Historical Newspaper/Magazine Articles
For Additional Did You Knows? Click Here
