Site of 1981 Reagan Assassination Attempt

"NATIONAL HISTORIC PLACE

 

On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan marked the 100th visit to Washington Hilton by a sitting U.S. President. Reagan had been invited to speak in the International Ballroom at a meeting of the North America's Building Trades Unions. Upon exiting the hotel along T Street at 2:27 p.m., Reagan was struck and wounded by a gunshot fired from John Hinckley, Jr., who had been waiting outside. Gunshots also wounded Reagan's Press Secretary James Brady, D.C. police officer Thomas Delahanty, and Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy. Reagan recovered from the incident and visited the hotel several times afterwards."

 

• Located outside the T Street or "lower" entrance, not the "main" entrance off of Connecticut Avenue. 
• Hotel is locally known as the "Hinckley Hilton"

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