The earliest mention of regular gatherings by Explorers Club members in the Washington, D.C., area was a 1924 Explorers Club news note describing, an “excellent lecture program being conducted in Washington, DC”.

In 1937, active members of The Explorers Club living in the Washington, D.C., area established The Explorers Club Washington Round Table Group.

This name was subsequently shortened to Explorers Club Washington Group or ECWG. Col. H.T. Cowling of the U.S. Army Air Corps, who was a student of Tibetan culture, initially led the organization in the early years, approximately 20 members met monthly at the Army-Navy Club or the Cosmos Club, where the ECWG continues to hold its monthly dinners.

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