Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
PERRY VICTORY
ON ERIE IN 1878
IS CELEBRATED
100 Years Peace With England
and Centennial of Naval En-
gagement Commemorated.
SUNKEN FLAGSHIP RAISED
Struggle on Lake To Be Depicted
by Sham BattIe-Many Of
fciaIs Attend.
SUNKEN FLAGSHIP RAISED

ERIE, PA, July 5-Beauttrup1 ,
decorated with bunting and flowers,
the city of Erie presents a delightful
spectacle in preparation for the CEN
tennial celebration OF Perry's victory
at the Battle of Lake Erie, which VIII
be inaugurated tomorrow by \
Peace Sunday" closing on Saturday
night An elaborate program has
been arranged for the entertainment
of the thousands of visitors who will
attend.
Throughout the summer several eel
ebrations are scheduled at various
points along the lake bearing a his
tor1cal relationship - the battle. The
list of celebrations will probably close
with the dedication of the Perry
memorial now nearing completion GA
South Bass Island, near the western
end of Lake Erie. The celebration
Will also be in the nature of COM
memoratons of a hundred years
peace between English speaking ma
lions.
Tomorrow at II O'Clock special
services will be held in all the
churches in the city At $3.50 in the
afternoon there will be a parade, ter
minating in a mass meeting before
the reviewing stand at Perry Square
The children Of the Sunday schools
will be dressed and seated in such n
manner. on a huge stand erected for
the purpose. as to form q living
American fac
The old Dupont powder wagon,
which was used for the transporta-
ton of ammunition in the War Of
1872, Is making an overland trip from
the DUPONT Works in Wilmington,
Del, and is scheduled to arrive in Erie
at 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon,
when a reception in it's honor will
take place. The wagon is to be es-
cOrted by a detachment of the naval
force Of Pennsylvania from the United
States steamship Wolverine, the old
est iron vessel in existence, built N
Erie in 1914.
The National Guard State encamp-
ment has been arranged for the week
of the celebration, the camp being
pitched just outside Of the city.
A s p. m a leading citizen Of the
city, impersonating Commodore Per
ry, will sail into the harbor on Per
RVS flagship, the Niagara, which has
been raised from the bottom of Mis-
cry Bay and restored. Following this
there will be a band concert in Perry
square, dIltI WHICH the duLOluOblS
parade will be held. The day VIII De
known as Reception Day.
Tuesday will be Mothers and
Childrens Day The principal feature
of the afternoon will be the parade
of -, 900 school children. In the even
ing q band concert, followed by a
pageantry parade, will take place.
Wednesday has been designated as
Governors Day, and arrangements
have been made to entertain Govern
or Tener of Pennsylvania, and Gov
errors from at least eight other
States. In the afternoon there Will
be military parade. There Will also
be hydroaeroplane flights on the bay
on this and subsequent days.
Naval Day will be celebrated on
Thursday, starting with a naval pa
rade in the afternoon, to be reviewed
by Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels. Following the parade, boat
races will be held on the day, in
which yachts, motorboats and naval
training ships will compete.
Sham Battle on Water.
In the evening there will be a
massed band concert in Perry Square,
followed by a naval sham battle on
the bay depicting the Battle of Lake
Erie.
The principal features on Friday
will be the fraternal parade in the
afternoon. Saturday, the closing day
of the celebration, has been desig-
mated as Industrial or Erie Day. In
the evening, preceding a massed band
concert in the square, the Niagara
will sail out of the harbOr, as she
did 100 years ago. After leaving Erie
she will visit other lake ports and
participate in commemorative cele-
brations,
During the week of celebration the
sword used by Perry at the battle will
be on exhibition, as well as brace OF
pistols and his flag, inscribed, Don't
Give Up the Ship" The sword has
been lent by Perry Belmont, of New
York, a grandson of Commodore M.
c. Perry, the brother of Commodore
Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the
battle Mrs. Alexander Perry, of
Washington, D. c., lent the pistols.
The flag is the property Of the Gov
eminent.