Interested in keeping up with your French? Join the French Conversation Group!
Formed to help French-speaking members maintain their proficiency, the group meets monthly for lunchtime conversation involving foreign relations, diplomatic history, cultural activities, travel, and - of course! - French food and wine.
The DACOR cash bar opens at 12 noon and the group moves to a reserved table at Members' Lunch at 12:30 pm. Only French is spoken during lunch. Attendees have the option of participating in the Members' Lunch for $35, or joining the conversation group without eating (no charge). Registrations are required for all participants.
Members' Lunch for $35 includes a biscuit/bread, two courses, and a cup of coffee/tea. Wine and other beverages may be purchased at the bar or at the table.
Members are welcome to make reservations for Members' Lunches and invite their accompanied guests. Please note that DACOR now requires reservations for members lunch. Please be sure to reserve a spot for each member/guest.
Members' Lunch includes an entree, a dessert, and a cup of coffee/tea per patron (please note that starting in 2024 a glass of wine is no longer included; wine and other drinks may be purchased at the bar). A cash bar opens at 12 noon and lunch is served at 12:30 pm.
Pre-payment is preferred. Reservations should be made no later than 2:00 pm the business day before the Members' Lunch. Cancelations made after 10 am the business day before your reservation will result in a charge.
Members' Lunches are held at communal tables. If you would like a private table or room, please contact events@dacorbacon.org instead of registering here. more info...
Join us for tea in the afternoon celebrating Virginia Murray Bacon's 135th birthday and the bicentennial of our historic DACOR Bacon House. Enjoy tea, sandwiches, scones, assorted sweets, a welcome drink and entertainments. Members are welcome to invite guests to the event.
This annual event benefits the house preservation fund. $100 of the ticket price is a tax-deductible donation.
Dress code: Business attire, hats & fascinators encouraged.
Attendees are welcome to stay for Cocktails on the Patio after the event. Reservations are not required for Cocktails. more info...
Join us for the member favorite Cocktails on the Patio!
Featuring a cash bar and a laid-back ambiance, DACOR's happy hours are held on most Thursdays over the summer. Join us for refreshing drinks and great camaraderie on our beautiful patio garden. In case of bad weather, we move the bar inside.
Cocktails on the Patio does not require reservations. Non-DACOR members of the foreign affairs community are invited to join our members. Members are also encouraged to bring prospective members to enjoy a lovely evening at the DACOR Bacon House!
DACOR’s 2025-26 Mentoring Program is about to launch!. We invite DACOR members to register as a mentor for the program – if you have not already done so (see attached flyer). And we invite you to learn more about the mentoring program by tuning in to our virtual Information Session on Friday, September 5th at 12 noon EDT. Join information for this session was sent to all DACOR members on 8/29 via email or you can contact clskodon@dacorbacon.org to receive the join information again.
The Mentoring Program matches DACOR volunteers one-on-one with graduate students in GWU’s Elliott School of International Affairs and undergraduate students in the University of the District of Columbia’s Global Studies program. It is a one-year commitment, although we find many of our mentors returning to the program year after year.
The online session will introduce new and returning mentors (as well as prospective mentors) to the operation and goals of the mentoring program. Led by experienced mentors, FSO George Hogeman and Amb. (ret) Sharon Villarosa, the webinar will review the goals, features and strategies of the mentoring program.
At GWU, the mentoring program is led by Asia Studies Program Director, Professor Gregg Brazinsky, and International Development Studies Program Director and Professor Christina Fink. They will join DACOR coordinators George Hogeman (ASP) and Thomas Staal (IDSP) in matching DACOR volunteers with graduate students. The bulk of those pairings will be made and announced in September.
Contacts between mentors and their mentees are mutually arranged, typically monthly, either in person or by email or online (e.g. Zoom, Facetime, etc.). Students complete a mentoring plan in conjunction with their mentors laying out the students’ individual goals. To encourage communications between mentors and mentees, both receive a monthly newsletter from the Elliott School that lists coming on-campus lectures and information on internships and career opportunities.
We hope you will be able to join us for the information session at 12 noon on September 5th or view the recorded session (on the DACOR website) afterwards at a time convenient for you.
Members are welcome to make reservations for Members' Lunches and invite their accompanied guests. Please note that DACOR now requires reservations for members lunch. Please be sure to reserve a spot for each member/guest.
Members' Lunch includes an entree, a dessert, and a cup of coffee/tea per patron (please note that starting in 2024 a glass of wine is no longer included; wine and other drinks may be purchased at the bar). A cash bar opens at 12 noon and lunch is served at 12:30 pm.
Pre-payment is preferred. Reservations should be made no later than 2:00 pm the business day before the Members' Lunch. Cancelations made after 10 am the business day before your reservation will result in a charge.
Members' Lunches are held at communal tables. If you would like a private table or room, please contact events@dacorbacon.org instead of registering here. more info...
Members are welcome to make reservations for Members' Lunches and invite their accompanied guests. Please note that DACOR now requires reservations for members lunch. Please be sure to reserve a spot for each member/guest.
Members' Lunch includes an entree, a dessert, and a cup of coffee/tea per patron (please note that starting in 2024 a glass of wine is no longer included; wine and other drinks may be purchased at the bar). A cash bar opens at 12 noon and lunch is served at 12:30 pm.
Pre-payment is preferred. Reservations should be made no later than 2:00 pm the business day before the Members' Lunch. Cancelations made after 10 am the business day before your reservation will result in a charge.
Members' Lunches are held at communal tables. If you would like a private table or room, please contact events@dacorbacon.org instead of registering here. more info...
This day-long conference focuses on "Iran in the Middle East." In-person and virtual attendance are available. In-person attendance includes continental breakfast, a coffee break and lunch. Virtual attendees will be provided a link via email to join and will be able to participate in the Q&A for every session. Registration will be open to DACOR members only until August 14th. Non-members may be invited to register starting August 15th. DACOR members are encouraged to register early so they may secure a seat.
The conference will feature two expert panels and a keynote that will explore current events, the situation facing Iran in the Middle East following the weakening of Iran's allies in the region, and the prospects for détente in our bilateral relations with Iran. more info...
If you have an interest in Africa or want to learn more, join DACOR members at the monthly Africa Discussion Group. Discussions are organized around theme, country, region or on a selected speaker’s interests.
The DACOR cash bar opens at 12 noon and the group moves to a reserved table at Members' Lunch at 12:30 pm. Attendees have the option of participating in the Members' Lunch for $35, or joining the discussion group without eating (no charge). Registrations are required for all participants.
Members' Lunch for $35 includes a biscuit/bread, two courses, and a cup of coffee/tea. Wine and other beverages may be purchased at the bar or at the table. more info...
Members are welcome to make reservations for Members' Lunches and invite their accompanied guests. Please note that DACOR now requires reservations for members lunch. Please be sure to reserve a spot for each member/guest.
Members' Lunch includes an entree, a dessert, and a cup of coffee/tea per patron (please note that starting in 2024 a glass of wine is no longer included; wine and other drinks may be purchased at the bar). A cash bar opens at 12 noon and lunch is served at 12:30 pm.
Pre-payment is preferred. Reservations should be made no later than 2:00 pm the business day before the Members' Lunch. Cancelations made after 10 am the business day before your reservation will result in a charge.
Members' Lunches are held at communal tables. If you would like a private table or room, please contact events@dacorbacon.org instead of registering here. more info...
Join DACOR for a wine tasting evening featuring SHABO Winery. Since 2003, SHABO Winery has been creating Great Wines that have gained wide international recognition, proving that Ukraine is a wine making country with huge potential. The winery was founded by Vaja Iukuridze and his family and boasts more than 200 years of wine making traditions.
Shabo is one of the oldest Ukrainian terroirs. Its history dates back more than 2,000 years. Located between the Dniester estuary and the Black Sea, offering perfect soils and climate, this region and its potential was highly appreciated by Swiss colonists as early as 1822. They founded a wine-making settlement, developing viticulture and wine making in the region. SHABO has a long path from the oldest winery in the village of Shabo to one of the most technologically advanced enterprises in Ukraine.
The tasting will be led by Sam Lerman, founder and CEO of SPYRT Worldwide, a distributor of Ukrainian goods in the U.S. He will lead a discussion about the history of Ukrainian wine and SHABO and a tasting of a curated selection of wines. Matched food pairings will be served with the wine.
We have just been informed that Secretary Ramdin's availability has changed. We will schedule a new date shortly. In the meantime, registration is suspended. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note this is a hybrid event - you have the option to attend in person or virtually. Registrations are required for all attendees. For in-person attendees, the event will run from 11:45 am - 2 pm and will include lunch. The live stream will begin at 12:45 pm (virtual attendees will be sent a link for the event via email).
Join the Latin American and Caribbean Luncheon Group at DACOR to welcome the new Secretary General of the Organization for American States, Albert R. Ramdin, who will share his priorities and discuss the critical issues that the OAS will need to address during his 5-year term. Former US ambassadors to the OAS Luigi Einaudi, John Maisto, Roger Noriega and Frank Mora, who served under different US presidential administrations, will provide their insights based on their OAS experience immediately after the SG’s presentation..
Albert R. Ramdin was elected Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS)in March 2025, at a Special Session of the OAS General Assembly. His election marked a historic milestone, as he became the first Secretary General in the history of the OAS from a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state. His five-year term began on May 26, 2025.
A staunch advocate for multilateralism and principled diplomacy, Mr. Ramdin brings to the role more than three decades of service in high-level positions, including as Assistant Secretary General of the OAS from 2005 to 2015, during which time he played a key role in advancing dialogue, conflict resolution, and hemispheric cooperation. In 2020, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business, and International Cooperation of Suriname, a position he held until his election as Secretary General. In that role, he deepened Suriname’s engagement with regional and global partners and promoted policies for sustainable development and democratic strengthening.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Ramdin held senior positions at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), including Assistant Secretary General for External Relations, and served as Suriname’s Permanent Representative to the OAS. He was born in Suriname on February 27, 1958. He holds a BSc in Human Geography from the University of Amsterdam and an MSc in Development Geography from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is fluent in Dutch, English, and Spanish.
Luigi R. Einaudi is a retired U.S. diplomat and educator. In 2000, Ambassador Einaudi was elected Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States and served also as Acting Secretary General in 2004-2005. At the OAS, Einaudi actively supported both the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights and the Inter-American Defense Board and brokered negotiations to reduce border problems in Central America and to increase democratic space in Haiti, including the introduction of Haiti’s first personal identity card.
Einaudi’s 23-year State Department career culminated as the U.S. Special Envoy in the peace talks that led to the comprehensive settlement in 1998 by Ecuador and Peru of their centuries-old territorial conflict. Einaudi served twice (1974-1977 and 1993-1997) on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff and was Director of Policy Planning for Inter-American Affairs (1977-1989) and Ambassador to the OAS (1989-1993).
John F. Maisto, Ambassador (ret.) is a thirty-eight year former career member of the U.S. Foreign Service. He was Ambassador to Venezuela (1997-2000), Nicaragua (1993-1996), and the Organization of American States (2003-2006). He was Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council and, concurrently, Special Assistant to the President, 2001-2003. He was Foreign Affairs Adviser at U.S. Southern Command, 2000-2001. He served at the State Department as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central America, 1992-93, and Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative at the U.S. Mission to the OAS, 1989-92. He was deputy Chief of Mission in Panama, 1986-89, in the build-up to the transition to elected government. Previously at the State Department he was Deputy Director and then Director of Philippine Affairs, 1982-1986, during the People Power transition to democracy. His additional assignments included Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, and the Philippines.
He currently is a Director of the Miami-based U.S. Education Finance Group. He also serves as a Director of ECI, a Central America-based resort and retirement company, and Senior Consultant on International Development at Arizona State University. Since 2012 he has been President of the Washington-based US-Philippines Society. He writes and speaks on U.S. foreign policy; trade, investment and growth; democratic transitions; Western Hemisphere and East Asia-Pacific regional issues; security and defense matters; and international education.
Ambassador (Ret.) Roger F. Noriega has more than three decades of public policy experience focusing on U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere. After a 10-year career on Capitol Hill, he was appointed by President George W. Bush (and confirmed by the Senate) to senior State Department posts. Ambassador Noriega’s breadth and depth of experience and contacts offer strategic vision and practical insight for clients with interests in the Americas. He is the founder and managing director of the consultant firm, Vision Americas LLC, which has teams in Washington and Bogotá.
As Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (2003 to 2005), Noriega managed a 3,000-person team in Washington and 50 diplomatic posts to design and implement political and economic strategies in Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean. He also helped design and execute an annual plan for the effective use of $1.7 billion in U.S. economic assistance in two-dozen countries.
As U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (August 2001 to July 2003), Noriega coordinated complex and sensitive multilateral diplomacy in a 34-member international organization to bolster trade, fight illicit drugs, and defend democracy. Noriega served as a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research from 2005-2020. Noriega is a frequent commentator in U.S. and international publications and broadcasts.
Frank O. Mora is the former Director of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) and Professor of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University (FIU), Miami, FL. Prior to arriving at FIU, Dr. Mora served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere from 2009-2013. He has held several teaching positions, including Professor of National Security Strategy and Latin American Studies at the National War College, National Defense University (2004-2009) and Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of International Studies, Rhodes College (2000-2004).
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During the last twenty years, Dr. Mora worked as a consultant to the Library of Congress, the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), the National Democratic Institute, the U.S. State Department, the Organization of American States, and U.S. Southern Command. He has spoken at numerous conferences in the United States, Latin America and Europe. His opinion pieces and other commentaries have appeared in US and Latin American media outlets. more info...
On the third Thursday of the month, we hold a Welcome to DACOR lunch for new members. All members are encouraged to come and meet the newest members of our community over a communal lunch.
Members are welcome to make reservations for Members' Lunches and invite their accompanied guests. Please note that DACOR now requires reservations for members lunch. Please be sure to reserve a spot for each member/guest.
Members' Lunch includes an entree, a dessert, and a cup of coffee/tea per patron (starting in 2024, a glass of wine is not included; wine and other drinks may be purchased). A cash bar opens at 12 noon and lunch is served at 12:30 pm.
Pre-payment is preferred. Reservations should be made no later than 2:00 pm the business day before the Members' Lunch. Cancellations made after 10 am the business day before your reservation will result in a charge.
Members' Lunches are held at communal tables. If you would like a private table or room, please contact events@dacorbacon.org instead of registering here. more info...
Join us for the member favorite Cocktails on the Patio!
Featuring a cash bar and a laid-back ambiance, DACOR's happy hours are held on most Thursdays over the summer. Join us for refreshing drinks and great camaraderie on our beautiful patio garden. In case of bad weather, we move the bar inside.
Cocktails on the Patio does not require reservations. Non-DACOR members of the foreign affairs community are invited to join our members. Members are also encouraged to bring prospective members to enjoy a lovely evening at the DACOR Bacon House!
The monthly get-together of our affinity group Unaccompanied DACORians, this luncheon gathers members who are widows, widowers, divorcees and other singletons together for camaraderie and discussion over lunch.
The DACOR cash bar opens at 12 noon and the group moves to a reserved area at Members' Lunch at 12:30 pm. Lunch costs $35/person and includes a biscuit/bread, two courses, and a cup of coffee/tea. Wine and other beverages may be purchased at the bar or at the table. Registrations are required for all participants.
Unaccompanied DACORians provides members of DACOR, who are single, a group where they feel comfortable and valued as members. Anyone who is single can join, to find friendship, and feel comfortable as a DACOR member through varied activities at DACOR and elsewhere including a monthly luncheon on the 4th Tuesday of the month at DACOR. more info...
Members are welcome to make reservations for Members' Lunches and invite their accompanied guests. Please note that DACOR now requires reservations for members lunch. Please be sure to reserve a spot for each member/guest.
Members' Lunch includes an entree, a dessert, and a cup of coffee/tea per patron (please note that starting in 2024 a glass of wine is no longer included; wine and other drinks may be purchased at the bar). A cash bar opens at 12 noon and lunch is served at 12:30 pm.
Pre-payment is preferred. Reservations should be made no later than 2:00 pm the business day before the Members' Lunch. Cancelations made after 10 am the business day before your reservation will result in a charge.
Members' Lunches are held at communal tables. If you would like a private table or room, please contact events@dacorbacon.org instead of registering here. more info...
Members are welcome to make reservations for Members' Lunches and invite their accompanied guests. Please note that DACOR now requires reservations for members lunch. Please be sure to reserve a spot for each member/guest.
Members' Lunch includes an entree, a dessert, and a cup of coffee/tea per patron (please note that starting in 2024 a glass of wine is no longer included; wine and other drinks may be purchased at the bar). A cash bar opens at 12 noon and lunch is served at 12:30 pm.
Pre-payment is preferred. Reservations should be made no later than 2:00 pm the business day before the Members' Lunch. Cancelations made after 10 am the business day before your reservation will result in a charge.
Members' Lunches are held at communal tables. If you would like a private table or room, please contact events@dacorbacon.org instead of registering here. more info...
Join us for the member favorite Cocktails on the Patio!
Featuring a cash bar and a laid-back ambiance, DACOR's happy hours are held on most Thursdays over the summer. Join us for refreshing drinks and great camaraderie on our beautiful patio garden. In case of bad weather, we move the bar inside.
Cocktails on the Patio does not require reservations. Non-DACOR members of the foreign affairs community are invited to join our members. Members are also encouraged to bring prospective members to enjoy a lovely evening at the DACOR Bacon House!
The US Constitution does not provide for political parties. Nonetheless, the Founders were wary of factions and factionalism and the problems they could cause for the new representative democracy.
By and large, politics in the United States has functioned within the ambit of two principal parties (a) competing with each other for offices at the federal, state, and local levels and (b) promoting policy – in Congress, specifically – on issues of war and peace, international trade, and foreign relations. Regarding foreign policy, a bipartisan approach “beyond our shores” was long thought to be desirable.
In recent administrations, the role of parties in making foreign policy and supporting diplomacy has come to be questioned – arguably, as never before in recent times.
Has the two-party system and/or the key parties themselves – Democrat and Republican – become dysfunctional?
More basically, what are the functions of parties in the realm of foreign policy and relations?
If the two-party approach or the separate parties themselves have performed poorly in furthering US interests and values, what can be done to improve matters?
Two seasoned commentators from previous Salon discussions on politics and diplomacy will join us to open the Salon conversation this time as well.
Guest presenters Tom Reston and Roger Noriega bring diplomatic experience and political engagement on the left and right. For their part, DACOR members and their guests typically offer differing backgrounds and a wide spectrum of views to enrich Salon-style conversation. We expect and will encourage participation in this Salon representing current policy and the widest possible range of opinion.
Founder and currently Managing Director of the consultant firm, Vision Americas LLC, Ambassador (Ret.) Roger F. Noriega has more than three decades of public policy experience focusing on U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere. After a 10-year career on Capitol Hill, he was appointed by President George W. Bush to senior State Department posts.
As U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (July 2003 to October 2005), Noriega managed a 3,000-person team in Washington and 50 diplomatic posts to design and implement political and economic strategies in Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
As U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (August 2001 to July 2003), Noriega coordinated complex and sensitive multilateral diplomacy in a 34-member international organization to bolster trade, fight illicit drugs, and defend democracy.
Noriega was a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research from 2005-2020, commenting and addressing the greatest challenges and opportunities facing the Americas.
Thomas B. Reston has spent a lifetime in politics, working in eight presidential campaigns at the national level, and countless local and statewide efforts. He was twice elected Secretary of the Democratic Party of Virginia. Reston was a political appointee in the Foreign Service under President Jimmy Carter, serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. A civil rights advocate, he was twice Board Chair of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
Please note this is a hybrid event - you have the option to attend in person or virtually. Registrations are required for all attendees. For in-person attendees, the event will run from 11:45 am - 2 pm and will include lunch. The live stream will begin at 12:55 pm (virtual attendees will be sent a link for the event via email). This event is co-hosted by DACOR and UAA.
The world is entering a new era, where growing threats, geopolitical rivalries, and worsening humanitarian disasters pose grave challenges to American interests at home and abroad. For many years there has been no more effective advocate of supporting US Diplomacy, Development and Security interests than Liz Schrayer and the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition she founded and leads. Join DACOR and UAA to hear Liz discuss how best to leverage international assistance and diplomacy, alongside defense, as essential tools for navigating the complexities of today’s world and promoting America’s national security, economic prosperity, and values.
Liz Schrayer serves as President & CEO of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC), a broad-based coalition of over 500 businesses and NGOs that advocates for strong U.S. global leadership through development and diplomacy. Under her leadership, the USGLC has grown to a nationwide network of advocates in all 50 states and boasts a bipartisan Advisory Council that includes virtually every living former Secretary of State, and a National Security Advisory Council consisting of nearly 270 retired three and four-star generals and admirals.
Ms. Schrayer currently serves on the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation’s Development Advisory Council, USAID’s Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACFVA), as well as several advisory boards and committees for the University of Michigan, including the Ford School of Public Policy. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
In addition to running the USGLC, Ms. Schrayer serves as President of Schrayer & Associates, Inc., a nationwide consulting firm founded in 1995, which works on a wide range of domestic and international issues.
Prior to starting her own firm, Ms. Schrayer served as the national Political Director of AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) for more than a decade. She worked on Capitol Hill, founding the Congressional Human Rights Caucus and in state government. She has traveled across the country organizing citizen advocates in every state. Ms. Schrayer has been published in TIME, Newsweek, USA Today, and The Hill, among other outlets.
She has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and resides in Maryland with her husband Jeff Schwaber, an attorney who helped launch the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless.
Members are welcome to make reservations for Members' Lunches and invite their accompanied guests. Please note that DACOR now requires reservations for members lunch. Please be sure to reserve a spot for each member/guest.
Members' Lunch includes an entree, a dessert, and a cup of coffee/tea per patron (please note that starting in 2024 a glass of wine is no longer included; wine and other drinks may be purchased at the bar). A cash bar opens at 12 noon and lunch is served at 12:30 pm.
Pre-payment is preferred. Reservations should be made no later than 2:00 pm the business day before the Members' Lunch. Cancelations made after 10 am the business day before your reservation will result in a charge.
Members' Lunches are held at communal tables. If you would like a private table or room, please contact events@dacorbacon.org instead of registering here. more info...
Located two blocks from the White House at 1801 F St., DACOR Bacon House was known in the 19th century as the Carroll Mansion and was the festive gathering place of prominent Washingtonians. Music was often part of the festivities. On Sunday, October 5th, members of the Washington Revels Heritage Voices will recreate parlor songs enjoyed in the House from a volume of sheet music belonging to Alida Carroll, the youngest daughter of Sally and William Carroll. Alida was born in the house in 1844 and came of age during the Civil War years, and she routinely played or accompanied singers on the Carroll family’s Chickering piano.
A highlight of the afternoon will be a re-creation of the “Esterhazy Ripple,” composed for Alida’s older sister Sally, who later married into European nobility and became Countess Esterhazy, a Washington Gilded Age society grande dame.
The program will also feature music of the Civil War era by Stephen Collins Foster, George Frederick Root, Walter Kittredge, and more. To honor those who worked in the Mansion, Heritage Voices will also perform Irish airs, as well as African American songs that enslaved people in the house may have sung or known, drawn from “Slave Songs of the United States,” the earliest compilation of African American spirituals, published in 1867.
This performance is part of the Bacon House Bicentennial Program, 2024-2025.The Washington Revels Heritage Voices are Christina Bussie and Jennie Weyman, sopranos, Jim Lazar, tenor, Harold Blackford, bass, and Francine Krasowska, piano.
Come and enjoy a lively afternoon with tea & sherry served at intermission. more info...
Interested in keeping up with your French? Join the French Conversation Group!
Formed to help French-speaking members maintain their proficiency, the group meets monthly for lunchtime conversation involving foreign relations, diplomatic history, cultural activities, travel, and - of course! - French food and wine.
The DACOR cash bar opens at 12 noon and the group moves to a reserved table at Members' Lunch at 12:30 pm. Only French is spoken during lunch. Attendees have the option of participating in the Members' Lunch for $35, or joining the conversation group without eating (no charge). Registrations are required for all participants.
Members' Lunch for $35 includes a biscuit/bread, two courses, and a cup of coffee/tea. Wine and other beverages may be purchased at the bar or at the table.
The President of DACOR
Invites Your Patronage to the
2025 Fall Black Tie Dinner Celebrating Volunteers & Foundation Donors
$90 / person (includes open bar with passed hors d'oeuvres, multi-course gourmet meal with wine pairings, dessert, and coffee/tea.)
Those who wish to patronize the Spring and Fall Black Tie Dinners that recognize and celebrate our most dedicated DACORians and Friends of the Historic DACOR Bacon House, must meet one or more of the following eligibility criteria:
Current Regular Volunteer in any capacity
2025 "Major Donor" of $1000+ (or pledge to do so before the end of the year)
Member of the DACOR Bacon House Foundation Legacy Society
If you are not yet eligible as a 2025 $1K+ Major Donor (or would like to increase your support of the House Preservation Fund in 2025), you can accomplish that by making a gift or pledge via check or via the DACOR Bacon House Foundation secure online giving link here: https://www.dacorbacon.org/support_us_ways_to_donate.php
You are welcome to bring DACOR-eligible prospective members as your guests to encourage them to consider joining us.
Extended Hours / Self-Paid Parking may be available at the Colonial Garage around the corner on 18th Street (until 10pm) in addition to metered street parking in the neighborhood if enough people express interest. more info...
Please note this is a hybrid event - you have the option to attend in person or virtually. Registrations are required for all attendees. For in-person attendees, the event will run from 6 - 8:30 pm and will include dinner. The live stream will begin around 7:15 pm (virtual attendees will be sent a link for the event via email).
Join the DACOR Bacon House for a bicentennial evening event in partnership with The Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia. The Civil War affected every ward of the District of Columbia, including that part of the ward that became known as Foggy Bottom. Thousands of men volunteered to fight to preserve the Union. Almost every family was affected, not the least the family of William T. Carroll, Clerk of the Supreme Court, his wife Sally Sprigg Carroll, and their two sons and four daughters, who lived on F Street at the corner of 18th in Foggy Bottom and near the Executive Mansion. Much of their street was requisitioned by the military. At one end, the Winder Building served as a nerve center of the war; at the other end, Camp Fry was constructed on either side of 23rd from Washington Circle down to the waterfront. Speakers at this evening’s event will focus on the camp, the Street, the Winder Building, and the Carroll family as each played its part in the war effort.
We hope you will join us for dinner and a revealing discussion by our panel of experts as they dissect the many moving parts of a divisive conflict in a nation’s capital city.
With Frank Leone, Historian of Foggy Bottom, on Camp Fry; Jessica Barnes, Curator, F Street House, home of the President of George Washington University, on the house and its occupants; Kristopher D. White, Director of Education and Events, American Battlefield Trust, on the Winder Building; and Terence Walz, Historian, DACOR Bacon House, on the Carroll Family and its Effort to Preserve the Union.
