The Washington Hilton’s decades-long history with D.C. politics

Washington – Preparation for about 2,65 people inside Washington Hilton’s kitchen before dinner on Saturday night’s White House correspondents.

“So, if this is a three course, you multiply it with three, we can leave about 10,000 plates in the kitchen,” the hotel executive chef Daniel Bennett told CBS News.

The Dinner Had an annual tradition of being united since 1921 President And Press Corps, and Hilton’s home for 57 years.

Washington Hilton is also known for one of the most dark moments in the President’s history. On March 7, President Ronald Reagan just finished a union convention and came out of the hotel when he was hit from a shot. The killer John Hinkle will be junior The

Reagan survived and returned to the hotel after less than six months.

Now, there is a blade that remembers the murder attempt. Within a short period of time, a garage was created with a secure door so that the President could enter the limousine and exit with perfect security.

The garage entrance leads to a long hallway equipped with pictures of each president and first woman.

Since the Lindon Johnson, each president has spoken here that fund -raising, conferences and national prayers make several travels in a year for the morning.

President Richard Nixon participated in an inaugural ball in Hilton in 6695, as President Barack Obama did five years later.

When the hotel was opened in 655, its double-arrow design was an architectural resentment in a steady capital city. Its 30,000 square feet of foot ballroom DC is one of the largest indoor collection places in DC

It is big enough to host concerts with Jimmy Hendrix a year later in 1967.

Saturday night correspondent’s dinner will look a bit different. There will be Don’t be any featured joke actorAnd President Trump, Who sacrificed In his first term, not every correspondent dinner will appear. Author and performer Amber Rafin was declared as night entertainment in February. However, Rafin, who criticized Mr Trump, was pulled out of the event in March.

Despite the controversy, for Hilton, it does not change the necessary to serve.

Hotel General Manager Ken Zaka said, “Very nice, the day the event ends, we are already planning for the next event.”

And what will a successful correspondent define dinner for Hilton?

“The next morning no one is writing about us. How is it?” Zaka quietly.

A house is not an easy fame among journalists.