The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-17
HERE rs FIRST PROGRAMME
OF HUDSON-FULTON FESTIVAL
Commission Officially Announces Schedule Of Land and Water
Events in New York City and State to Which Many Ma
lions Will Contribute Dazzling Electric Display Feature


| opening Of the various exhibitions,
the nature of which is to be an
nounced later, and the beginning of
the airship flights over New York.
The historical parade is scheduled
for Tuesday, September IS, and in
this pageant all nationalities will be
represented. There will be dozens
of floats and moving tableaux repre-
senting events in the history of the
aboriginal Dutch, English, Revolu-
tionary and American periods. These
floats have been prepared at great ex-
pense, and the costuming and effects,
aside from their historical fidelity,
will have great educational value.
Aquatic sports opposite Riverside
Park and Yonkers will take place on
Wednesday, September 20. The day
will be marked by general commem-
orative exercises in educational insti-
tutions throughout the State. Me-
MORALS on spots dignified by great
historic events will be dedicated. The
/ day in Manhattan will be known as
! Bronx Borough Day. and the chief
celebration will be in that borough.
There will be festival in Richmond
Borough and reception to United
States officials and guests of the city
at West Point.
The military parade is to take place
on Thursday. September 80. This
! will be participated in by United
States infantry regiments, Navy and
Marine corps, the National Guard,
Naval Militia, veteran organizations
and marines and sailors from foreign
vessels.
The parade of naval vessels, mer-
| chant marine, excursion boats and
pleasure craft of every description
will take place on Friday, Oct. /. 1t
will be in two divisions, one starting
from New York. the other from AL
bany. The divisions will meet at
Newburg, celebrated in Revolution
airy history, and general good time
will be enjoyed in Newburg Bay. In
the division bound north will be the
/ Half Moon, manned by Dutch sailors
in the costumes of the mariners of
Hudson's day. and the Clermont, the
first boat built by Fulton, operated
by her own steam.
Ceremonies will be held on both
these vessels at the Joining of the
two divisions. At Newburg there wilt
be parade, reception and the like,
with Nominations and fireworks in
| the evening. The vessels taking part
in the naval parade will return to
New York and the Manhattan histori-
cal parade previously mentioned will
be repeated in Brooklyn.
The school, children in New York
will engage in festivals on Saturday,
October g. There will be exercises
in fifty centres in New York, con-
Quoted in view of more than five hum
dred thousand children of the pub
lie and private schools. The two d.
visions of the naval parade will be
welcomed on their return from New
burg There will be historical par
ade on Staten Island and dedicatory
exercises at Stony Point, the scene of
a decisive battle during the Revolu-
ton. In the evening there will be a
carnival parade in New York, in
which there will be seen fifty brill
liantly illuminated floats, escorted by
various organizations.
The final week of the celebration
will be devoted to events on the Hud-
son north of New York from October
3 to October 8. Special ceremonies
with the historical floats in parades
will take place in all the river cities
and larger villages. with neighboring
smaller municipalities participating in
each of them. On Monday, October
a. the chief celebrations will be at
Poughkeepsie and Yonkers; Tuesday,
at Kingston. Hastings, Dobbs Ferry,
Irvington and Tarrytown; Wednes-
day, at Catskill and Nyack; Thurs
day, at Hudson, Ossining and Hayer-
straw; Friday, at Albany and Peeks-
kill. and Saturday at Troy and Cold
Spring. Similar ceremonies will be
held at iCohoes on Monday. October
IL. The carnival parade in Brooklyn.
Saturday evening, October 3, will
bring the celebration to a close, as
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