The Grove motto is "Weaving Spiders Come Not Here", which implies that outside concerns and business deals are to be left outside. However, there is demonstrable evidence of political and business deals having been developed at the Grove. The Grove is particularly famous for a Manhattan Project planning meeting that took place there in September of 1942, which subsequently led to the atomic bomb. Those attending, apart from Ernest Lawrence and military officials, included the president of Harvard and representatives of Standard Oil and General Electric. Grove members take particular pride in this event and often relate the story to new attendees.[2]
Past attendees The Bohemian Club is a private club; only active members of the Club (known as "Bohos") and their guests may visit the Grove. These guests have been known to include politicians and notable figures from countries outside the US. Particularly during the midsummer encampment, the number of guests is strictly limited due to the small size of the facilities. Nevertheless, up to 1,500 members and guests have been reported as attending some of the annual encampments.Both the annual Club Membership and Grove Guest Lists are kept secret but a few dedicated researchers have gained access to some of them. [See Peter Martin Phillips' Dissertation, Kerry Richardson and Joel van der Reijden's comprehensive Membership List (refer External Links below) for references to these names.] From these varied sources, reportedly, notable past attendees have included, from the current administration:George W. Bush Dick Cheney Donald Rumsfeld Karl Rove Former American PresidentsGeorge Herbert Walker Bush Bill Clinton Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford Richard Nixon Dwight D. Eisenhower Harry Truman Herbert Hoover Calvin Coolidge William Howard Taft Theodore Roosevelt As well as,Jeb Bush Henry Kissinger George Shultz Earl Warren Robert Kennedy David Rockefeller David Rockefeller, Jr. Nelson Rockefeller James Wolfensohn Alan Greenspan Paul Volcker Colin Powell Jack Welch David Packard Riley P. Bechtel Henry Ford II Prince Philip John Major Helmut Schmidt Lee Kuan Yew James A. Baker III Newt Gingrich Arnold Schwarzenegger Bob Novak Malcolm Forbes David S. Broder Neil Armstrong Mark Twain Francis Ford Coppola Charlton Heston Clint Eastwood Walter Cronkite
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