Existing comment:
1901: First phase of the renovated "new" Willard opens.
1904: Washington University Club formed in the Red Room of the new hotel.
1908: National Press Club founded at a meeting held at The Willard.
1909: Henry A. Willard dies.
1913: The National Geographic Society honors Captain Ronald Amundsen for his discovery of the South Pole and Admiral Peary for his discovery of the North Pole at a banquet attended by more than 800 men and women. |