The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-02-04
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THE TERcENTENARY
Partial Program for Vsrmont's Big
Celebration.

Partial Program for Vsrmont's Big
Celebration.
Secretary Lynn NJ. Hays and Treas
urer Frank L. Fish OF the Tercenten-
AIRY commission have issued a partial
program Of the celebration OF the Both
anniversary OF the discovery Of Lake
Champlaln, during the week beginning
July 4.
The celebration will take place in
the valley OF Lake Champlain and will
include several points.
Jointly the commissions Of the two
states have assigned the following
dates:
Sunday July 4
General church observances, max
ing of the day a Champlain Sunday,
with appropriate exercises. All the
churches of Vermont and New York
states are to be invited to participate.
At Burlington it is planned to erect an
amphi-tneatre on Battery Park, where
under the supervision of the Catholic
clergy OF Burlington, masses Will be
sung, and sermons delivered by prom
inent clergy Of the country. 1t is an
ticipated that several prominent &C.
clesiastics, including Cardinal Gibbons
Archbishop Ireland and Areh-Bishops
and Bishops OF Canada will be pres
emit
MondaX July s.
At Crown Point. IS. t., IN address
and poem The preseutaton Of a
pageant dpictmg ,le disco cry Of
Lake Chanplain. followed by he fight
of Champaign and tn AlgoH luin In
dams with the Iri4uois This will be
most lifelil,e and historically accur-
ate pres -ntatiOn. DesCCudal of the
Algonquin and lriquois, secured in
Upper Canada, VIII appear In this
pageant. One hundred and City In
dams have been secured through Mr.
l.. O. Armstrong, who had charge of
the Indian pageants at the Quebec eel
ebratiOn one year ago. Mr.. Arm
strong is now drilling the Indians for
this spectacle.
Following these pageants there will
be presentation of the Indian drama
of Hiawatha in which $50 specially
drilled Indians will take part.
The drama and the pageants will
be given on the water on a specially
constructed stage 300 feet long by 100
feet wide equipped with scenic effects
and electric lights. This stage will
be constructed so it may be moved
from point to point about the lake
There will be two performances,
one at 1880 p. m, and the other at
p. m.
Tuesday, July 6.
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all North America is more historic.
The program here will be a dupli-
cate of the events given at Crown
Point except the address and the
poem, which viii be delivered by dis
tinguished personages other than
those who appear at Crown Point The
Indian pageants will be repeated
The Pell family who own the site
OF the old fort at TiconderOga, have
begun the restoration of the barracks
and buildings which means the expen-
diture of large sum Of money. 1t is
expected that much of this work will
be completed by next July.
To this point the New York legis.
lature will be brought by special train
on Tuesday morning. Governors
Hughes and Prouty will be present.
Wednesday, July 7.
At Plattsburg. n. Vibrations and
poems by distinguished Americans
Repetition of the water pageants
Presidential party headed by Presi-
dent Taft, members of his cabinet, am
| bassadors, and foreign and American
guests will arrive in special trains
during the day.
Banquet in the evening at Hotel
Champlain.
Plattsburg plans a celebration Ire
ginning Monday July 5, to last a
week and to include many striking
and interesting features, like water
sports. land parades, lavish decora'
/ tions Nominations, etc Detailed pro
gram to be announced later,
Thursday, July 8
At Burlington, Vt.-The presidential
party and foreign guests will arrive
early in the forenoon. Upon arrival
they will be escorted to the amphi
theatre by L. S. troops and the Yer
mont National Guard. Here there
will be addresses and poems.
The water pageants will be given
in the afternoon and evening.
A banquet will be served, presum-
ably in the gymnasium building OF the
University of Vermont.
Burlington plans a week of celebra-
ton, so fitting her program that II will
not interfere with the Thursday ev'
ents given by the two state commits
sions
One feature of the week will be
known as French day" when the
French societies of New England and
Canada are expected to participate in
a mammoth parade.
Detailed program to be announced
later.
st. Adams has planned a days Gel
ebration for Monday, July 8.
Swanton has planned a celebration
for Saturday, July 3.
All the towns of Vermont have beer
invited to hold at least a one day eel
! ebration during tine week of July 4
a feature of these days being the mari
a ing of historic spots.
His Excellency, Governor Prout.
), will issue q proclamation naming Fri
> day. May Z, as "Champlain Arbor day
' and requesting that each school Of TIT
,. state plant a tree to ever after Oh
!. known as the "Champlaln tree AL
q historical brochure, now in prepare
!, ton by the Vermont commission, vii
. be distributed to the schools previou
to Champlain Arbor day. It will b
accompanied by a program OF tn
DAVIS eyercises Therefore II is see