The National tribune., 1895-06-27
FLAG DAY.
The Way it Was Celebrated in the National
Capital.

The Way it Was Celebrated in the National
Capital.
Flag Day in the District of Columbia was q
distinct success. At the request of the Com
mittee on Teaching Patriotism in the Public
Schools. which is q committee of the Woman's
Relief Corps aud Of the Sons of the American
Revolution as well, the whole city was gay with
thousands of yards of bunting mostly rcd white
and blue, though a, few displayed other flags.
The committee has been doing some excellent
work in the schools and the effect was seen on
Flag Day, when in nearly every sch pol room in
! the District patriotic exercises were held the
! program being largely given over to RED,
| White and Blue" songs, salutng the flag. read
/ ing OF patriotic speeches and few addresses.
Tiny silk flags were everywhere in evidence, as
nearly every body wore one; particularly was
| this the case among the school children
In the evening the First Presby terian Church,
the church in which Mr. Cleveland worships,
was crowded with an audience filled to over
running with patriotism. The organizations
represented by big delegations were the Grand
Army Of tho Republic, Department Commander
Anderson being surrounded by his full staff
and hundreds of comrades; the Woman's Re-
lief Corps, Sons of Veterans Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution, Ladies' Aid, Daughters of the
American Revolution, Women of American
Liberty, and half dozen others.
The program the joint effort of Mrs
Charlotte Kibby. Mrs. Eliza Naylor, Mrs. Mary
ii. North, and Mrs Isabel Worrell Ball, aided
by every loyal man, woman and child in the
District. The invocation pronounced by
Rev. DIR. Sunderland, of the First Presby terrain
Church. Assembly was sounded by Adam
Funk, from the music loft, and he later gave
the other bugle calls, much to the delight of
all. The patriotic music OF the evening was
splendidly rendered by quartet imposed of
Mr. Charley Roberts Mr.. Heitinger. Miss Lillian
Halley. and Miss Riapch nj 10
paniest, Miss Belle Smith, very charmngly
consented to fill in with instrumental music
the gap left by the failure of others. The
speakers OF the evening were Gen. Burdett,
who was eloquent, as always; Commander
Marion T. Anderson, who was met with
splendid ovation for his patriotic utterances
and his glowing tributes to the Woman's Re-
lief Corps. and DR.. Frank T. Howe. who paid
the Womans Relief Corps magnificent COM
pliment for the splendid work it is doing
Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball read an entertain
ing Story of the Flag and Mrs. Marian Long
fellow O'Donoghue read an original poem, Our
Flag. Twenty little girls attired in spotless
white and carrying flowers, sang Tread Softly,
Soldiers Sleeping Here the song they sang
with such fine effect about the Tomb of tho
Unknown at Arlington on Memorial Day.
The Bsleh Flag Salute was given by II
young ladies from the Anacostia schools under
the training Of Miss Brewer. They were at
tired in white and wore long streamers of tri-
colored ribbon. The application OF this sa-
lutte. which the committee hopes to have intro
duced into all the schools of the District was
admirably given, and was of great interest to
the large audience, as most of them had never
seen it before.
The Chairman of the evening, Gen. J. c.
Breckenridge. Inspector General of the United
States Army, was particularly happy in his in
troductory speeches. and, as Past President
General of the Sons of the American Revolu-
ton gave an eloquent exposition of the tenets
of that Order. BID
One fact is patent: While the Sons of
the American Revolution claim to have pre-
empted tho 1ith Of June, the Womaus Re-
lief Corps has proved up,o it, and hereafter
Flag Day will be marked as peculiarly their
own. nj