![]() ![]() If people asked, they would be told it was a munitions depot, nothing more. Deftly camouflaged by trees, it was hard to spot. Termed the “Detachment Hotel” in documents, the fallout shelter here was built by Navy Seabees in less than two weeks at the end of December 1961 and sits a short stroll from a rambling colonial-style house that doubled as a United States Coast Guard station. Two months later, Kennedy was presented with his own top-secret tropical bomb shelter off Palm Beach, Fla., on an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean.įew even know it is here, but some area residents believe that the bunker is a must-see attraction that could put Peanut Island, a manmade islet, on the map. Kennedy, who was facing a series of nail-biting face-offs with the Soviets, even recommended a fallout shelter for all Americans “as rapidly as possible” in an October 1961 speech. And a pair of publicity-savvy newlyweds actually spent their honeymoon inside one for 14 days. Castro Convertibles pitched its foldaway “jet beds” as bunker-ready. ![]() ![]() Magazines displayed backyard do-it-yourself versions. A nuclear bomb shelter was a must-have in the 1950s and ’60s. ![]()
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