Rapidan Camp
Prime Minister's Cabin

Photograph of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.

The Prime Minister's Cabin was named for Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of Great Britain who was a guest at Rapidan in 1929. President Hoover brought the Prime Minister to Rapidan to discuss naval disarmament.

Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover at the Prime Minister's cabin at Rapid Camp.

Lesson 2
Discussion Topics

Because it was an historic discussion and the press were not allowed at Rapidan, a political cartoonist drew his idea of what happened between the two leaders. The cartoon carried the caption: "The hope of a more certain peace." What do you think the cartoonist meant?

An illustration of Hoover with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. The front of the Prime Minister's cabin.

Political cartoons have a long history in the free press. Look at several other cartoons drawn during Hoover's administration. Look at the cartoons below, Explain what point the cartoonist was making.

Political cartoon of Herbert Hoover rocking two babies. Political cartoon of Herbert Hoover, and company, pumping money into public works projects. Political cartoon of Herbert Hoover leaving Washington politics for the private life at Rapidan Camp.