The National Press Club Luncheon Series
Series produced by National Press Club
During the Great Depression, the building and the Club struggled financially. The Club, however, was on the way to being recognized as one of the world's premier journalistic organizations and managed to find additional funding from wealthy individuals. Regular weekly luncheons for speakers began in 1932 with an appearance by President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Since 1932 the Club has hosted an average of 70 luncheons each year which provides a national forum for Presidents, Prime Ministers, business and cultural leaders, members of the Cabinet and Congress. Over the years, the Club has hosted such newsmakers as Nikita Khrushchev, Madame Chiang Kai Shek, Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Charles deGaulle, Boris Yeltsin, Nelson Mandela, Yasser Arafat, and the Dalai Lama.
The National Press Club has been a part of Washington life for nearly 100 years. Through its doors have come all of the Presidents of the United States since Theodore Roosevelt, as well as kings and queens, prime ministers, premiers, senators, congressmen, cabinet officials, ambassadors, scholars, entertainers, business leaders, and athletes. Its members have included all of the Presidents of the United States since Warren Harding and most have spoken from the Club's podium. On March 12, 1908, thirty-two newspapermen met at the Washington Chamber of Commerce to discuss starting a club for journalists. At the meeting they agreed to meet again on March 29, 1908 in the F Street parlor of the Willard Hotel to frame a constitution for the National Press Club. The Club founders laid... Show full description
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