Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-02


SHAFT AND PROGRAM OF THE cERExoNIEa
Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE, June 2.-More than two centu-
r1es and half after Leonard Calvert led the
first colonists to Maryland the state has placed
on the soil where he landed q monument to his
memory.
The neglected grave Of him who established
one Of the earliest and most successful Of Ameri-
can colonies and who first planted the seeds Of
religious federation this side Of the Atlantic,
so long unmarked and almost unknown, has at
last been rescued from oblivion and deeds such
as his commemorated in the way they should
be by those who are their benefciaries.
The last legislature made an appropriation Of
S2OOO for this monument and tomorrow it will
be unveiled with most interesting and elaborate
exercises at St Mary's City. ST. Mary's county.
The arrangements are in the hands of q COM
mittee composed Of Secretary of State Edward
". LIE Compile, State Senator Washington VIII
klnson OF st. Marys county and Col. J. Thomas
Scharf OF Baltimore. and have all been COM
Pieted The steamer Excelsior Of Washington
mas been chartered for the trip, and will leave
baltimore at II o'clock tonight, arriving at St.
Mary's City tomorrow morning and returning
on Thursday. One or more Of the state oyster
police steamers will go down With Gov.Jackson
and other state officials and the members ofths
governors staf on board. Mayor Davidson
and number of the Baltimore oi:y officials
will probably attend. Chief Judge Alvey Of the
Maryland court Of appeals, who IL . native Of
st. Mary's county, win preside. and will psoba-
Oily be accompanied by ell the sssosists Judges
THE EyERosIa.
The exercises will begin at O'Clock with
music by a full band and Bishop Cussis will
follow With the invocation Col ]. Thomas
Scharf will then deliver IN interesting histor-
ical address.
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viii participate are Mr.. George b. Calvert and
bis only daughter, who reside at 1850 Corooran
street, Washington, D. G. They are the only
direct living descendants Of the 6rst governor.
In replying to the invitation extended to him
to honor the occasion with bis presence, Mr..
Calvert wrote to Colonel Scharf, chairman Of
she committee, asfollowe. under date OF May 49,
Your very polite and cordial letter, accom-
panylng the invitation to the unwilling Of the
Leonard Calvert monument received. 1t will
give me no little pleasure with some members
OF my family to be of the party, and I accept
with profound gratitude your very kind invi-
tation to be your guest on that occasion.
nave an only daughter. and il 1t 10 the intention
OF the committee for her to attend in the I'M
yelling OF the monument accept in behalf Of
1er ana myself the graceful and most delicate
compliment"
Miss Calvert will perform the act Of drawing
the cord that will remove the canvas covering
from the monument, and at the same time q
salute VIII be ed from the steamer Governor
McLans.
Maryland, My Maryland" will be sung by
the young ladies of St. Marys Female Semi
nary and Attorney General William Pinkney
Whyte, the orator of the day, will deliver q
scholarly address The young ladies of the
seminary will then sing the national hymn,
America" and Bishop Paret will close the ex-
erclses with the benediction. The committee
and all those who are to take part in the cere-
monies will be enter tanned by Miss A. E.
Thomas, principal of St. Mary's Female Semi
nary. stand has been erected facing the
monument. The occasion will be one full of
interest and will probably bring people from
all parts of the state. Many of those who will
attend the republican judicial convention at
LeonardtOwn today will go from there to st.
Mary's City tomorrow to witness the cere-
monies.
THE MONUMENT.
The monument will mark the spot where the
famous old mulberry tree stood under which
Leonard Calvert and his little band of heroes
gathered when they first landed. Under that
tree long ago crumbled into dust, Calvert and
his followers knelt and returned thanks to
Almighty God for their deliverance; there they
celebrated the first mass in Maryland; there
Calvert pledged himself. by Gods help, to
found city and there the first crude forms Of
the government they established took shape.