Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-04-19

the birth of ''The Star Spangled Ran
in 1914. Ai0'''
The State oyster steamer Rappahan-
mock, Captain w. E. Hudgins in COM
mand, was here yesterday to take down
the Virginia exhibit to the jamestown
| Exposition, and though the boat is a
large one, the exhibit is so extensive
that Captain Hudgins will have to make
a second trip, and possibly third. in
order to carry it all. -Times-D Dispatch.
Norfolk and Portsmouth will do all
they can to accommodate visitors. s.
l. Hague, chairman of the Exposition
Committees hotel association, saws:
Hotels and private houses will be
thrown opento visitors for reasonable
charge, the larder will be abundantly
supplied with the products for which
our country is noted, and the city will
be yours.
The Chesapeake Steamship Company
is distributing 80 page booklet giving
full descriptive information relative to
the jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposi-
tion. The booklet is very complete in
every respect, giving views of the vari-
Gus Exposition buildings and informa-
tion relative thereto, as well as views
of the hotels, churches and other i'm
portant points in the Old Dominion ter
ritory, together with information re-
garding the early settlement of this
country. Also contains a view of
the Maryland State Building and the
Virginia State Building. Baltimore
American.
Opening at sunrise April 26, by the
salute of three hundred guns, and
closing with a reception to President
Roosevelt in the evening, the opening
day exercises of the jamestown Expo
sition promise to be most auspicious and
elaborate. When the President ar
rives in Hampton Roads, in the May
flower, a salute will be fired by the
United States and foreign warships. |
The pressing of the little gold button
by President Roosevelt will not only
start in motion all the machinery of the |
Exposition, but will also be the signal
for the unfurling of more than a |
thousand flags from all sections of the
grounds. At the same moment the
button is touched salute to the Union
by the United States and foreign ships
assembled in Hampton Roads will be
fired by the garrison at Fortress Mon
roe. Immediately following this salute
by the soldiers on the mainland the va
rious bands at the Exposition grounds
will play the ''Star Spangled Banner"
during the rendering of which all troops
assembled will present arms.
The National Editorial Association and
the Virginia Press Association will
meet at the Exposition during the week
beginning June 10th. President Roose-
welt will address the editors, and the
Exposition Company has arranged the
following program:
Monday, June 10. 0.-Following recep-
tion and address by President Roose-
velt, review of warships assembled in
Hampton Roads.
Tuesday, June 11.-Afternoon and
evening, warpath and exhibits.
Wednesday, June II. 2.-Observation
trip over Norfolk and Southern Rail-
road to Virginia Beach, the famous
Atlantic seaboard summer resort; bath
in surf; after which, party will be
taken to Cape Henry, where first Eng
lish settlers landed in America: after
viewing famous sights and old light
houses, life-saving station, ETC., will
be entertained at clam bake, and re-
turn to Exposition Grounds.
Thursday, June 13.-Trip to James,
town Island, where the first English
settlement in America was consum-
mated; viewing old jamestown ruins
and historic homes on James River
to Hampton Roads, return by moon
| light
Friday, June 14.-Trip to view the
United States Navy Yard at Ports
mouth; famous ship-building plant at
Newport News, passing the scene of
the battle between the Merrimac and
Monitor; Hampton institute; Old Point
Comfort and Fortress Monroe, the most
formidable fortifcation in the United
States: return to the Exposition
Grounds.