Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-13
PROGRAM TO BE OBSERVED
Speakers Supplied by Grand Army OF
the Republic.
SPECIAL OBSERVANCE BY W. re.
Services to Be Held Mt the Church Of
Our Father Tomorrow
Evening.

The birth and achievements OF ''old
Glory" will be told in song and story I'm
the public schools of the District and be-
fore patriotic organizations tomorrow. Flag
day. The custom of thus honoring the tri-
color of the republic was inaugurated sew
eral years ago. and the honorable task
of perpetuating the day has fittingly fallen
into the hands of the venerable veteran
soldiers of the civil war. Thus, tomorrow
the speakers at the public school buildings
In the District will be furnished by the
Department of the Potomac, Grand Army
of the Republic, through Patriotic L.
structor J. II. Bradford
Several days ago Department Commander
Newton Ferree issued general orders direct
ling the observance of Flag day. and also
requesting all citizens to display the Ameri-
can colors from their business places and
residences tomorrow.
In the public schools. in addition TO
ADDRESS by some citizen or former soldier.
there will be other exercises including the
singing OF stirring patriotic airs. Some
OF the speakers will give interesting remi-
flag In the whirlwind of fire and smoke
in the wars it has been through.
woman's Relief Corps.
The Department of Potomac womans
Relief Corps, Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball.
10 a. WOfh upon the decorations
for the Department Flag day exercises.
which are to be held in the Church of Our
Father. corner of 18th and L streets north
west, Friday evening, June H. The details
for these Flag day exercises have been
In charge OF Mrs. Ida ]. Hart past de-
partment president and department pa
triotic instructor and Mrs. Lucy Weaver.
patriotic instructor of Phil Sheridan Corps.
The Church of Our Father, which has been
.loaned' to the department by Rev. Van
Schaick and the members of the church. Is
to be pretty well covered with flags.
This is the third time the Womans Re-
lief Corps has held its department flag
exercises in that church. a capacity audi
ence testing the big auditorium each time
There will be lavish display Of small
flags, palms and flowers, and there will be
a flag song by several young lads and
| author, Mrs. Lucy Weaver. the patriotic
instructor of Phil Sheridan Corps
Capt. Arthur Hendricks, past commander
of the Department of the Potomac, Grand
Army of the Republic, will preside, and will
be introduced by Mrs. Hart. department patri-
otto instructor. Miss Josephine Oldroyd
Tiefenthaler. the mascot Of the department.
will recite, and there will be several other
recitations.
The music, which II is stated Is to be
of very high order, will be In the hands Of
Miss Eta Austin and Miss Katie Alderman.
The address OF the evening will be made
by Col. W. w. Brown of the Department OF
Justice, and the exercises will close with
toast to the flag by Col. John McElroy.
past senior vice commander-in-chie
An invitation to attend these services Is
extended ito all the fag-loving people OF
| the District" young people and children be-
ing especially welcome. Invitations have
also been officially extended to all the vete-
ran organizations and their auxiliaries.
Patriotic Societies to Assist.
The Sons of the American Revolution the
Daughters of the Revolution, the United
L
Union and other organizations founded on
lines of patriotism will assist in the cele-
bration Of Flag day. and those Of the asso-
Citations which meet tomorrow evening will
include flag exercises in their proceedings.
DIR. william A. Jack Of the District OF
Columbia Society of the Sons of the Amer
lean Revolution, will deliver the address
at the Blake School on North Capitol
street. He was to have spoken before the
Normal School No. 1, In the Franklin
building, but he received communication
from the board of education which changed
the previous plans.
It Is stated that when the plans for the
observance Of Flag day were made some
week ago 1t was decided that the normal
students should celebrate the day with the
little children whom they had instructed
during the year, and who always have ex-
ercises in their own schoolrooms being too
young for the more formal program
An interesting program tor the fiaB Jay
exercises has been prepared by visitors from
the Marcia Burns Chapter, Daughters or
the American Revolution, and the Burnside
Woman's Relief Corps, for the Maury pub
lie school, 18th and 3 streets northeast. An
original poem, written especially for this
school, entitled The Flag at Sea-" will be
recited by Miss Helena 7. DOGGY, an elocu-
ZIONIST.
At the Langston School the address will
be by Mr.. r. T. Greener while the history
of the flag will be related By william
Malord. a seventh grade pup
Some Of the Speakers.
Among the approximately 1870 speakers to-
morrow will be DR.. Thomas Calver at
Eastern High School, Capt. Gallagher at
the Western, Charles r. Douglas at the
M Street High School. Prof. Kelly Miller
at No. Normal School.
J. H. Bradford, at the Armstrong School:
Chaplain Couden, at the orphan asylum,
14th street; Col Thos. s. Hopkins, at the
Twining School: H. B. Moulton, at the
Henry School; j. J. Vernon, at the Gage.
Judge II. B. Moulton spoke yesterday at
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