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The Greenbrier

Dates:April 17, 2025
Meets:Th from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:The Greenbrier
Cost: $80.00

Sorry, we are no longer accepting registrations for this course.

Please note: this course requires membership in Lifelong Learning Institute '23-24 Annual Membership or Lifelong Learning Institute '24-25 Annual Membership

*Please note the cost of the tour includes the entry fee to “The Bunker,” tour guide fee and the bus transporation to and from.

There is a great deal of walking involved (90-minute tour); those with mobility issues, this may not be a trip for you.


“Yes, there are secrets hidden just behind The Greenbrier’s grand walls! We’re talking real secrets, as in classified government ops that stayed secret until 1992 when a Washington Post journalist unearthed the truth.” This sounds like the stuff of movies, but it’s true. In 1958 during the Cold War at the height of nuclear panic across the United States, at the behest of the Eisenhower Administration, a US Government Relocation Facility was being built beneath what the public thought was simply an addition to the hotel. Come with us to White Sulphur Springs, WV, to tour “The Bunker” and hear of all the secrets it holds. A docent will lead us on quite an adventure deep into the hidden areas of this incredible place where the powers that be of the federal government were supposed to relocate in the event of a nuclear attack.

After the tour we travel into the quaint town of Lewisburg where you will be able to select a restaurant and have a leisurely lunch on your own. We will then re-board the bus around 3:00 PM for our ride home. We plan to arrive back in Harrisonburg approximately 5:00 PM.

Fee: $80.00
Hours:9.00

The Greenbrier

White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia