46 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2025 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL COURTESY OF DACOR J. Thomas Brannan serves on the Board of Governors at DACOR and is a member and former chair of DACOR’s Public Outreach Committee, which oversees undergraduate and graduate mentoring programs at the University of the District of Columbia and the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Prior to his teaching career, he worked in city management, regional planning, and journalism. Special 2025 programs mark the bicentennial of this historic gathering place for discussions of international affairs. BY J. THOMAS BRANNAN DACOR Bacon House Turns 200 FEATURE In 1861, the DACOR Bacon House, the redbrick mansion perched at the corner of 18th and F Street, NW, in Washington, D.C., played host to a wedding attended by President Abraham Lincoln. In 2025, as the foreign affairs organization DACOR and its sister nonprofit, the DACOR Bacon House Foundation, commemorate the 200th anniversary of the historic DACOR Bacon House, this is just one of the moments they will explore in a series of events, open to the public, showcasing the Federal mansion’s place in U.S. history, including American diplomatic history. Standing just blocks from the State Department, the house represents an ongoing commitment to advancing public under-
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