The 50 men who gathered on Saturday, May 7, 1921 at the Arlington Hotel at Vermont Avenue and L Street on the north side of McPherson Square  could not have known that they were initiating a Washington tradition, one that would annually draw 2,600 people and a national audience a century later. The White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner has evolved greatly since that first dinner, but the annual event is still a joyous celebration of the First Amendment. The dinner traditionally draws the President and First Lady as well as many other senior government officials and members of the news … Continue reading Dinner Archive