Back in the late ‘70s the Hyatt next door hosted CPAC. That was back in the day when Ronald Reagan was the featured final banquet speaker, John Ashbrook was the keynote speaker, and also featured were Phil Crane, Larry McDonald, M. Stanton Evans, Phillis Schlafly, Bob Dornan, Jesse Helms, Henry Hyde, Steve Symms, James Buckley, and more. From Capitol Hill neighborhoods one could easily walk to Union Station and the Hyatt. DC as a whole was much nicer then.
With those speakers-what an event!