Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-19
.GA|ETY IN YORKTOWN
Celebrating the Surrender of
Lord CORVALLIS.
PARADE AND ADDRESSES
Streets of the Village Decorated
With Flags.
GOV. MANN REVIEWS LINE
Commemorative Exercises Under
Auspices of the Yorktown Histori-
cal Society of United States.
sOV. MANN REVIEWS LINE

i YORKTOWN, Va, October 19.-With as
much fervor as is shown i'm commemorate
ing the anniversary of the signing of the
Declaration of independence throughout
the United States on the Fourth of July,
| the 10th anniversary of the achievement
of independence, or the birth of the re-
public" is being celebrated here today by
| thousands of people. On the exact spot
where Lord CORVALLIS surrendered to
Gen. George Washington and at the ex-
act hour when the British soldiers. in &C
Acknowledgement of their defeat, marched
out of Yorktown October 10, 1871, the eel
ebration of the historical event took place.
AT sunrise the beginning of the ami
versary was marked by salute from the
| guns of the United States scout cruiser
Birmingham, which had been ordered by
the Navy Department to take part in the
| celebration. The ancient little town.
which still is without railroads or tele-
graph, was gayly decorated with flags and
bunting. Conspicuous among the decora-
tons was the flag of the sister republic
of France, whose soldiers formed part of
Washington's forces.
Notwithstanding the light rain which
! fell in the morning, crowds OF people
came from the country about Yorktown
| and visitors from far-distant points ar
rived by steamboats, from Norfolk and by
stage from Richmond and other places
in the Old Dominion. Gov. Mann of Vir-
gina, accompanied by Mrs. Mann and
his staff of twenty members, arrived
| in the forenoon.
Gov. Mann Reviews Parade.
| The streets of the village were thronged
| with patriotic people when the parade,
marking the opening of the ceremonies,
began to move. In the line were jackies
| from the cruiser Birmingham, sailors
| from the revenue cutters Apache and
Onondaga, United States soldiers from
| the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Mon
roe, with the band of the organization;
| sailors from the Norfolk navy yard, with
| the band from that place. Following
| these representatives of the United States
| government, citizens of York and ad-
joining counties rode on horses, and hun
| dreds of school children marched be-
| hind. In the stand in front of the old
Thomas Nelson jr.. home Gov. Mann
and other distinguished guests reviewed
the parade.
After the procession the people gath
cred in the park surrounding the beau
| tiful monument which commentaries the
| achievement of Gen. Washington and his
allied American and French troops. At
| exactly the hour when the troops of
| Lord CORVALLIS began to march out of
Yorktown, 129 years ago, with flags in
cased and flies and drums playing the
| then popular British march, THE World
Turned Upside Down." the program was
| begun.
| Commemorative Exercises.
The celebration was under the auspices
of the Yorktown Historical Society of
| the United States and the Society of the
| Descendants of the Signers of the Decla-
| ration Of Independence. Maj Henry r.
Hatfield of Philadelphia. president of the
historical society. presided. An invoca.
ton by Rev. George Washington Dame
of Baltimore, chaplain of the Signers
was followed by an address by Maj. Hat
field, who introduced Gov. Mann of Vir-
GINA as chairman of the occasion. Gov.
Mann made short address, which was
followed by the singing of America
William Shields Mexican, secretary and
ciety, read THE Surrender" and the
audience rose to their feet the bands
played La Marseilaise'' and 1.-The Star
Spangled Banner" An address by w. E
Andrews. auditor for the United States
Treasury, and a benediction by Rev. Will
liam r. Scott, chaplain of the Coast Ar
tillery Corps at Fort Monroe, closed the
literary program.
Significant of the liberation of the
American colonies from British rule thir-
teen balloons representing the thirteen
original colonies were unleashed in the
park and began their aerial Journey
amid the applause of the crowds.
Ball and Bonfire Tonight.
grand colonial ball will be held at .
o'clock tonight and an immense bonfire
| will be lighted upon one of the promon-
| tories nearby, as was done on the night
| of the surrender of CORVALLIS to herald
| throughout the land the news of the great
victory and the end of the revolutionary
war
Only twice before had the anniversary
| of the birthday of the republic been cele-
| brated in this way at Yorktown. The
| first time was the centennial anniversary
| in 1881, when the corner stone of the
monument was laid; the second time was
| year ago. Hereafter there will be
| celebration annually under the auspices
| of the Yorktown Historical Society of the
| United States.
One of the important features of the
| work for which the society was organ
| lied is the marking in enduring form the
spot where the official surrender of the
| British army was made by Lord Corn
wallis to Gen. Washington. Also where
Gen. O'Hara delivered TO Gen. Lincoln
the sword of Lord CORVALLIS: the field
in which the British soldiers laid down
their arms; the headquarters of Gen.
Washington, La Fayette, Rochambeau.
Nelson and Lincoln; and the British re-
doubts stormed and captured by the de-
tachments under La Fayette and Alex
ander Hamilton October ii, 100 years ago.