Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-10-19
PEGGY STEWART DAY" !"
ITS SLIGHT OBSERVANCE BY
THE D. A. r. CHAPTER.
Exercises At The Public School
No Flag Displayed On
The Dome.

sary of. 1.-The burning of the brig Peggy
Stewart off Wind Mill Point, old
Fort Severn, now the Naval Academy.
In l774 Anthony Sewart, the owner of
the brig, was forced TO set fire 20 his
ship in broad daylight by party of
colOnists who refused 20 accept its
cargo of taxed tea.
From the Peggy Stewart House. now
owned and Occupied by the family of
Mr.. Lawrence Bailliere, on Hanover
street, Mrs Stewart watched her hus-
bands vessel burn with its hated
cargo, and the house is one of the
most interesting historic sites in the
town. The day was not observed here
by any particular demonstration.
Not even the national emblem fioated
from the dome of the State House, nor
the States oolors, both of which
should have been displayed and their
absence is reflection on the officials.
If there was a single house, bank or
business place that displayed either
| the United States flag or the Mary
| land flag, it was not seen by the Capt.
| tails reporters. The lack of obser
vance of the day may have been due
| to the fact that there was football
game scheduled at the Naval Academy
| for this afternoon, and football in
Annapolis has the right of priority
over all things else. There is scarcely
a man. woman or child who would
miss football game even to attend
his grandmother funeral
Today is the sixth anniversary Of
| the organization of the Peggy Stewart
Tea Party Chapter, Daughters of
| American Revolution. They usually
meet on the afternoon of the 18th OF
| October to celebrate their birthday,
but on account of the football game
their meeting was postponed until to-
night. A business meeting will be
| held at :. 80 O'Clock at the residence of
Mrs. j. @. Cresap, College avenue, at
| which the election of officers will take
place. After the business meeting
| there will be social session and Mrs.
| Cresap will entertain the Daughters
/ of the local chapter and a few invited
guests. 1t was expected that the local
| chapter would attend the unyeiling
ceremonies of the mural painting at
| the Baltimore Court of 'The Burning
of the Peggy Stewart but from some
oversight on the part of the Balti-
more committee in charge of the cere-
monies the Peggy Stewart Tea Party
/ Chapter failed to receive an invita-
| ton to attend the unveiling.
| The program of the unveiling in
| cludes the presen tation of the paint
| ing to the city from the Municipal
/ Art Society. the donor, through Mr..
| Theodore Marburg, president of the
| society; its acceptance on behalf of
| the city by Mayor Timanus, of Balti-
more; q historical address by Cover
| nor Warfield, one of whose relatives
| DIR. John Warfield, of Annapolis. was
| the leader of the so-called 'mob" who
| caused the owner of the vessel to set
| fire to the tea ship with his own
| hand: and a brief artists description
| of the painting, to be read by Chief
| Judge Henry d. Harlan, of the Su-
| preme Bench. Members of the Muni-
| cipaI Art Society, of the Sons of the
| American Revolution, the Colonial
Danes and the Baltimore and Mary
land chapters, Daughters of the Amer
| lean Revolution, and many prominent
| citizens were invited to attend the un-
yelling.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OBSERVANCE.
The Annapolis public school, always
keenly alert to the celebration OF any
| historic occasion in connection with
/ the city or the state, has the honor
and distinction of holding the only
observance of Peggy Stewart Day, eel
/ ebrated the occasion with special ex-
| ercises this afternoon at 2 O'Clock,
held in the Assembly Hall of the
school on Green street. A number OF
the trustees, few of the local chap
ter of the ID. A. X. and some Others
| (who did not go to the football game,
i were present at the exercises, which
were conducted by the principal, Prof.
H. r. Wallis. The following was the
program
Song by the school, "Star-Spangled
Banner.
Recitation by Gladys Schreyer, 81
| Shant't Pay the Tax. :"
Song by the school, "FloweI OF
Liberty
Recitation by Mary Adelaide Moss
"The Club.
Song by the school, Revolutionary
Tea.
Defamation by Eric Stone, Lib
erty or Death.
| Original essay by Miss Annette
Mann, Burning of The Pegg.
| Stewart. /"
| Song by the school, Maryland, NJ,
Maryland.
Salutation of the Flag.
| The program was well executed
throughout and enjoyed by the Wis
itOrs.
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