Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-11-19
FELL APPROVES
PROGRAM SUGGESTED-SUM
MARY OF OCCURRENCES
Movement to Celebrate 200 18th An
niversary Receives Univer-
sal Approval

b11 AppAU&4A
The movement towards the ~eis-
bration Of the two lsundrodfh anniver-
sary Of Fbe rbaTteriBg 81 Annapolis j.
being received witb universal APP
proyaI here, and from all sidss have
come suggestions a. 10 the adeguafe
observance of the occasion.
Among those wh0 spoke appr0singIy
Of IL today were Dr. Thomas FsiI.
president OF IT. Johns College. and
Hon. ). Writ RaBfaill, president ~
the Farmer Nafionsi Bank o. Annap-
oils and ex-President Of the State zen
ate. DR.. Fell expressed himself a.
thoroughly ia accord With the generei
pr0p0sitlOn aud also IN favor - an
effort 10 bring together the alumni -
-. Johns on that occasion SIR Eaa-
dali. wbois always It the forefront IN
furtherance II anything eOBneeted
sitB The history or progress - Annap-
ois, syoae IN unqualified support ~
the proposition fo celebrate the Gees
sion.
pofnt - being emphasized ii@ con-
De'tion with the proposed celebration
~ it vii also marx the completion
- tew Annapolis. BY neat year
flsr magnificent new etuIctufe4 ~ the
AesJe ~ will have been completed, as
tlss new State huiidiJgs are already.
the grounds " the Stale Horse will
30 iD beautiful shape. extensive st6eet
improvements viii be accor plisi1ed
IN Annapolis aud the electric railway
will be running through the city
streets. II will truly be a Bew An
napOlis that old Annapolilans viii
500 when they Come back, but still with
enough Of the old Annapolis not to
have lost It's hOmelike charm 10 them.
For these reasons IL is thought that
the homecoming period will have q
unique signi6caucc.
IL ~ generally felt here that there
viii be no difficulty in securing finaD
cfal and other help from the State
Legislature 10 help out with the cele-
bratiou. The occasion. it Is thought,
will bo one which does not concern
Annapolis alone, but will be deeply
interesting and significant to the
whole of Maryland.
An interesting portion Of the program
suggested for the celebration Of the
two hundrcdth anniversary Of the cree
tion Of Annapolis into a city. which
event occurs November p, 1908, is a
historic pageant celebration the most
important events in the history Of the
city. The~proiecf - TO have these his
toric incidents replicated in as close a
manner as possible to the original
events by living persons aud material
things. A summary Of these occur
rencoB are 4.4.A 5 --ss . s-
III. Tie arrival Of Richard Bennett
and the ten families that constituted
the first settlers who reached AnDapo-
lis In 1640.
?. The visit OF Governor Stone. in
1860, 10 Annapolis, then called PTOvi-
dence, and the reading Of the proc
lamation creating "a shire, or c0un-
~, by the name of AnnarundeB
county"
8. Treaty OF peace with The Sus-
quehannock Indians by the Puritans
OF Providence under the old Poplar
Tree at ST. Johns College campus in
1861.
4. Thc arrival Of and march through
the city of the Troop, under Col.
Henry Ridgely, that guarded the
county OF Anne Arundel, IN 1861,
from the ineursions Of Indians.
The Commissioners Of 1888 as
suming their powers as governors Of
Annapolis, known rs "The Town
Protectors, and the reading Of the
document reciting their powers.
6. The arrival Of Governor Sichol-
son with the records Of the provinces
in 1894, when Annapolis became the
capital of Maryland.
2. The laying Of the foundation oi
/ the rst State House i'm annapolis in
| 1896. the commencement of 81. Anne 4
Church and the opening of King
| williams School, now St. Johns Col.
legc.
8. The erection of Annapolis into
a city in 1908 and the assumption oI
powers by the Mayor, Recorder and
Aldermen.
3. The arrival of two British reg J.
mcnts in 1857.
10. The presentation by Daniel Du.
Ianey OF his considerations Why
Parliament should Not Tax the Colo
nies. From his pamphlet william
Pitt drew his arguments in defence o
the American colonies when he made
his great speech on his motion 10 re
peal the Stamp Act in 1866.
III. The Annapolis mob driving th'
stamp officer, Zacbariah Hood, ans
his vessel away from the City Docl
in 1865.
2. The burning Of the Peggy Stewar
on october ., ls44.
Is. Meeting OF citizens June p. l194
to pass a vote of sympathy and TAX
up subscriptions for the citizens o
Boston, which was in state Of block
ade by he British.
Ia. The graduation of Francis scott
Key from st. Johns College in 1876
15. The location OF the Naval Acad.
envy at Annapolis In 1910.