Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-10
The yorktown celebration.

1ut 4OIkUuNu NtlCUlAblout WulCu
begins Tuesday, October 18th, prom
Uses to be a grand affair. The follow
ing is the programme:
l. The President and his Cabinet,
the Congressional Commission. the
Governors and Commissioners Of the
States, and the quests of the nation,
will be- received by the Governor Of
Virginia and his staff in Lafayette
Hall at II am, whence they will pro-
coed in a body to the monument site,
where the ceremony will take place.
2. The chairman Of the joint COM
mission of Congress, the Hon. John
W. johnson, United States Senator
from the State of Virginia, will call
the assembly together at II 0 clock,
noon.
3. Prayer by the Rev. Robert Mel.
son, grandson of Governor Nelson, Of
Virginia, who commanded the Vir-
GINA militia during the siege Of York
town.
A. THE Star Spangled Banner" by
300 voices, under the leadership of
Professor Charles Siegel, Of Rich
mond, Virginia, accompanied by the
I Marine Band.
8. Address o fwelcome, by His Excel
lency f. w. NJ. Holiday, Governor
Of Virginia.
6. 1.-The Marseilles Hymn" by the
chorus of voices under the leadership
of Professor Siegel, the accompaniment
by the Marine Band.
Z. Introductory address by the
Chairman of the Commission, the
Hon. John w. Johnston, of Virginia.
8. Hail Columbia" by the chorus
of voices led by Professor Siegel, the
accompaniment by the Marine Band.
8. Laying the corner stene Of the
monument, by the Grand Master of
Masons in Virginia, assisted by the
Grand Masters Of the thirteen original
States.
10. Grand fantastic, international
Congress" Sousa, by the Marine
Band, conducted by Professor j..
Philip Sousa.
Att pm. there will be a ~pyrotech-
mic display from a boat moored in
York river.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10.
/. The assembly will be called to
order by the Hon. John w. John
ston, Chairman Of the Yorktown Cen
tennial Commission.
2. Overture, lie Caid," Ambrose
Thomas, accompaniment by the Marine
band conducted by Prof. j. Philip
Sousa.
3. Prayer, by clergyman not yet
selected.
4. Hymn, words by Charles Poin-
lexter; music, by j. K. Schneider,
rendered by the chorus Of 300 voices
under Prof. c. L. Seigel, accompanied
by the Marine band under Prof. Sousa.
5 Address by the President of the
United States.
6. Centennial Ode, words by Paul
H. Hayne, of South Carolina, set to
music by Prof. j. Mosenthal, of New
York, rendered by the chorus of 800
voices under Prof. c. i. Siegler, ac-
companied by the Marine band.
Z. Grafton, by Robert @. Winthrop,
of Massachusetts,.
8. The Star Spangled Banner" by
the chorus under Prof. Siegel, accom-
panied by the Marine band.
8. Centennial Psalm, by James
Barron Hope, Of Virginia.
10. Overture by Dodworth's Thir-
teenth Regiment Band of the National
Guard of the State of New York.
At the conclusion ofthe ceremonies
a reception will be held by the Presi.
dent of the United States and his
Cabinet, the Congressional Commits
sion, and the guests of the nation, at
Lafayette Hall.
At Z p. m. there will be a pyrotech.
mic display from boats moored in
York River.
THURSDAY OCT. 20.
Grand military and naval parade
review by the President Of the United
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