Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-13
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CELEBRATE
STATES DAY AT FAIR
Exercises at Reviewing Stand FOL-
! IoWsd by Imposing MIL.
Ilary Parade.
GOV Rx0a SWANSON THE SPEAKER
Thomas Nelson Page Reads Poem
Written by Him for tho Occasion.
Thousands of Peoples from All
Parts of tho Old Dominion on tho
erounds-Tercentennlal Notes.
(From n Stan Correspondence

(F'rom Stan CorrespOndent.)
y JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. June
s12.-The celebration OF Virginin Day
mt the TercenteGninl was n great
spccess, AT an early hour this morn.
Ing grent crowds of loyal Virginians
sDosnn pouring In the many entrances
to the exposition to participate In
the ceremonies, OF the day, mud by
noon over fifteen thousand people
had entered the grounds.
8 General Frederick ID. Grant, u. s..
a. arrived Mt the Virginia building
mt IL o'clock and had luncheon with
Governor and Mrs. Claude A. Swan
Eun.
The program fer the days eXer-
scises was tritle Int in getting
started, being delayed on account or
the threatening weather, and It was
I.41 u. m. when the party including
Governor and Mrs. Swanson. presi-
dent Tucker OF the Exposition, Con.
ieral Grant. the Duke l. Abruzzi. tho
Italian Admiral and his stnfT, Lieu
tenant Governor Gllyson, ~, Thomas
Nelson Page, Hon. II. j.. Withers, or
Snffolk, W.. Colonel A. NJ. Bowman,
of Salem. Va. and Rev. 3. s. Peters.
sef Petersburg, Ya. together with
many officials OF the army and nnvy,
arrived ut the reviewing stand on
Lee Parade. They were escorted by
a troop of the 18th U. s, Cavalry.
Col. Bowman Presldes.
~ I'ta vast assemblage was called
to order by President Tucker OF the
Exposition, WHO introduced Colonel
a. M. Bowman, OF Salem, Va, the
rnrn oil iStcrN <,r tla
invocation was pronounced by
Rev. j. Sydney Peters, OF Petersburg.
after which Hen. Robert l.. Withers
of SUFFOLK in n short and eloquent adj.
dress introduced DR.. Thomas Nelson
Page, one of VirgiDia's most distin-
gnished sons.
entitled "Raleigh's VISION" which he
Page was given an ovation when
The concluded.
The speaker of the day was His
Excellency, Governor Claude A. swan:
son of Virginia. The governor was
ut his best, and his address was
one of his most brilliant efforts. lie
was given nm ovation as he arose to
speak, and his address was often
DuuCluuteu WiIiu uppituSc. lTc
speech in full is given in another
column of this paper.
Immediately following Governor
Swanson's address, the grand mill
tary parade was held on Lee Pa.
rade. It was under the command
|of General Frederick Dent Grant,
and was reviewed by Governor
Swanson and the other distinguished
guests
Organizations In Parade.
Participating in the parade were
the Annapolis cadets. battalion OF
the Twenty-third u. 3. infantry, six
teen companies of the United States
marine corps, thirty-iwo companies
OF u. S. sailors from the ships in the
Reads; the Third Battery or field
artillery, three troops of the Twelfth
u. s, cavalry. the cadet corps OF the
Virginia Military Institute and OF
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
The Georgia militia. all OF the vir.
ginIa National Guard, and other milf
stary organizations. The Richmond
Howitzers were also in line, having
arrived at the grounds at 1:3O p.
M. They appeared much fatigued by