Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-06
OPENING CEREMONIES
Program of the Jamestown Ter
Centennial Exposition.
THE PRESIDENT TO SPEAK
Will Make a Formal Address Before
Pressing the Button.
GRAND PARADE AND REVIEW
kll the United States and Visiting
Troops to Be Under Command Of
Maj. Gen. Fred'k D. Grant.
GRAND PARADE AND REVIEW

The ceremonies incident to the formal
opening of the jamestown tercentennial
exposition on April 90, 1907, will be under
the direction of Mr.. G. T. Shepperd, secre-
tary of the jamestown Exposition Com
pany assisted by Lieut.. P. II. Bagby, 9th
United States Infantry, military attache
to the department of the secretary.
At sunrise on April % the Norfolk Light
Artillery Blues, stationed at the exposition
grounds, will fire salute of three hundred
guns 20 usher in the commencement of the
day opening the jamestown tercentennial
exposition in commemoration of the three
hundredth anniversary of the first English
settlement in America.
Upon the arrival of President Roosevelt
on the Mayfower in Hampton Roads
salute will be fired by the United States
and foreign warships there assembled.
When the President arrives at the expo
sition grounds he will be met at the end of
the government pier by military escort
and will be saluted by the United States
Artillery stationed at the exposition
grounds. Promptly at the hour of ii 80 the
President will be escorted to the reviewing
stand. on Lees parade in the rear OF the
auditorium building, where the following
exercises will take place.
l. Opening prayer by the Ri Rev. Al
fred Magin Randolph, bishop of the diocese
of southern Virginia.
AUurtSS ana iNlIOuuCbloi VI tIe icSi-
dent of the United tSates by Harry st.
George Tucker. preside nj of the James
town Exposition Company.
3. Address by Theodore Roosevelt, Presl-
dent of the United States.
!. Opening of the exposition by the Presl-
dent of the United States.
To Press the Gold Button.
When the President presses the gold but
ton. starting the machinery of the eXposi..
ton in motion. it will al the same time be
signal for unfurng of more than LOCO
flags on the various buildings of the EXPOSE
ton The pressing of this button will also
be the signal for a salute 10 the Union by
the United States and foreign ships assem-
bed in Hampton roads and by the garri.
son at Fort Monroe. AT the conclusion OF
the salute all of the bands on the EXPOSE
ton grounds will play the Star Spangied
Banner" at which time all troops will
salute the national anthem by presenting
arms and the entire concourse Will be eX-
pected to uncover during the rendition OF
the ceremonial
Immediately thereafter the President of
the United States will review the parade
of which Mai. Gen. Frederick d. Grant of
the United States army will be grand mar
shall which will be participated in by the
soldiers and sailors of the United States
and foreign governments and the National
Guard. The governors of the different
states of the Union having military repre-
sentation in the parade Will participate
therein, together Win IHelT boAtS
on the reviewing stand will be assigned
those governors who do not participate in
the parade.
on the reviewing stand. besides the Presi-
dent of the United States and h!s cabinet.
will be the diplomatic corps, officers and
directors of the jamestown Exposition
Company. members of Congress, the gen
eral assembly of Virginia. United States
and state comm ssioners to the jamestown
tercentennal exposition, oincials and rep
resentatives from the different states of
the Union. officers of the various historical
societies and the mayors and municipal
officers of the cities surrounding hampton
roads.
should the weather he unfavorabe these
opening exercises will be held in the audi
torium building, to which invitation cards
will be- issued 10 the distinguished guests.
From : to pm. reception Will he ten
dered the President of the United States by
the officers and directors of the jamestown
Exposition Company in the rotunda OF the
auditorium building. At this reception the
President will receive the diplomatic corps,
the governors of the different states and
the official representatives to the James
town tercentennial exposition.
Admission by Card.
Admission to the ceremonies in the audi
to-ium and on the reviewing stand and to
the Presidents reception will be by card.
The governors of the following states will
be present: Maryland, Mississippi, Connect
lieut., West Virginia, Rhode Island, Georgia,
North Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, Della
ware, New Hampshire. Florida, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Ala
bama and several other states.
1t is reasonable to expect that there will
be as many as twenty governors with
their respective STATS and some military
representation from their national guard.
The following historical societies will be
Officially represented: Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution, Daughters of the American
Revolution. the Society of the Cincinnati,
Society of Colonial Wars, United Confeder-
ate Veterans Grand Army of the Republic
and many other patriotic organizations.
The members of the diplomatic corps, to-
gcther with the cabinet officers and other
official guests from Washington, will arrive
the morning of April %
Special trains conveying the governors
of the different states and their official
guests will arrive at the exposition grounds
on the morning of April %. where they
will be met by the reception committee
made up of the directors of the jamestown
Exposition Company and escorted to their
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