This Week in National Press Club History

March 23, 2000: Singer Dolly Parton tells of her campaign against illiteracy in her home county in the Great Smoky Mountains and dazzles the Club in a lemon yellow dress with fringed hem, and yellow heels.

March 25, 1925: The Club celebrates the burning of its $5,000 mortgage, set on fire by Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon.

This Week in National Press Club History is brought to you by the History and Heritage Committee, which is dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the Club’s history through displays, panel discussions and lectures, as well as interviewing members as part of the Club’s oral history project.

For more information on upcoming History and Heritage Committee-sponsored events, or to join the Committee, contact Bill Hickman at [email protected] .