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A state dinner in the United States is a formal dinner held in honor of a foreign head of state, such as a king, queen, president, or any head of government. It is hosted by the President of the United States and is usually held in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C. [1] Other formal dinners for important people of ...
The White House Iftar dinner is an annual reception held at the White House and hosted by the U.S. President and the First Lady to celebrate the Muslim month of Ramadan. The annual tradition started in 1996 when Hillary Clinton hosted a Ramadan Eid celebration dinner. The modern iteration of the reception is attended by prominent members of the ...
The White House Passover Seder was an annual private dinner held at the White House on the Jewish holiday of Passover during the presidency of Barack Obama. Obama initiated it in 2009 for his family, staff members, friends, and their families. The gathering recited the Passover Haggadah, discussed the themes of the Passover Seder and their ...
Obama roasts Trump during White House Correspondents dinner. ... Taking advantage of the dinner’s tradition of using comedy to speak to Washington’s most pressing issues, Obama took to the ...
At the 2007 dinner, columnist Robert Novak impersonated Vice President Dick Cheney while satirizing the Scooter Libby case, which Novak helped initiate. [25] [27] President Barack Obama attended the 2011, 2013, [28] and 2015 Gridiron Club Dinners. [29] President Donald Trump attended and addressed the 2018 Gridiron Club Dinner. [30]
The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, commonly known as the Al Smith Dinner, is an annual white tie dinner in New York City to raise funds for Catholic charities supporting children of various needs in the Archdiocese of New York. [1] Held at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on the third Thursday of October, it is hosted by the ...
Barack Obama was the surprise guest at a lavish, 500-person White House dinner on Thursday evening as President Joe Biden rolled out the red carpet for Kenyan leader William Ruto, the first state ...
Vice President. Jim Mattis. The Alfalfa Club is a social club that exists only to hold an annual black tie banquet on the last Saturday of January at the Capital Hilton in Washington D.C., with an after-party at a local restaurant. [1] The banquet, which lasts 4 hours, features music by the United States Marine Band as well as a political roast.