Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-14
THOUSANDS ARE
READY TO MARCH
FOR FLAG TODAY
Final Plans Completed for the
Greatest Patriotic Demonstra.
tion in the History Of
the City.
EXPECT $4,000 TO MARCH
Thousands of School Children Will
Stand Along Line Of March
and Sing.
TO START PROMPTLY AT 2;so

The day of the parade has arrived.
The patriotic flag parade, with
which Omahans are to celebrate Flag
day in Omaha, is to move PROMPTLY
at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon from the
assembling point at Twenty-fourth
and Farnam street.
Unless all signs fail, the greatest
masses of humanity ever seen on tho
streets of Omaha, outside of the
nights of the electrical parades dur.
ing the Ak-Sar-Ben session, will be
seen when Grand Marshal General
Harries blows his shrill whistle and
leads off.
Indications are that between 10000
and $4,000 persons will march.
School Children Along Sidewalks.
Thirty thousand school children ara
to be banked along the sidewalks, on
the court house lawn and steps, and
in other convenient places. Multi
tudes OF humanity will be massed
along the sidewalks to see the spec
tacle.
And such a spectacle as it will bel
Not horse in the pared, not BAN
ner, not trumpet, not badge, not
an automobile-nothing but waving.
ripping, pulsing ocean Of flags, Amer
lean flags--a riot Of req, white and
blue.
Divided Into Divisions.
The parade is to be divided into
sections and divisions. A number OF
sections make up division.
Eighteen bands will play in the
parade, and nothing but patriotic airs
will be heard.
As the paraders come down the
street sixteen abreast, filling the
street almost from curb to curb, the
school children massed along the
sides will sing patriotic songs, OF
which they will be furnished with
printed copies.
Vast Chorus 70 Sing.
During the course of the pared, per.
haps shortly before the disbandine
point is reached, the vast column will
be halted, and there, standing in the
center OF the street, the $1,000 persons
will lift their voices, thunderous
chorus, chanting the patriotic straine
of America" The vast crowds OF
school children along the sides will
join in the song at the same time.
Following is the line of march:
starts from Twenty fourth and Farnam
Line Of march.. East on Farnsm 70 Sly.
tssnth, south 70 Douglas, east . Thirtsenth
Harm, Harney, west TO sisteenth. south 70 Leaven.
worth, west to Twenty-fourth.
Exercises at Hanscom Park.
Following the big parade, the Ella
division will proceed to Hanscom
park, where they will hold Flag day
exercises, as is their custom on Flag
day, with General George H. Harries
as speaker.
An business houses of Importance
will be closed during the afternoon.
and employees in every plant have
been urged to parade. Enthusiasm
has grown steadily during the last few
weeks for this big event, and with tho
indications for fair weather, the
parade bids fair to be grand suc-
| cess.
Fair weather or foul, however, it
has been announced that the parade
will move on schedule time, and,
above all that it will move, no mat
ter what the weather. Organizations
not at the assembling places at the
scheduled time when the parade starts
will be left.
The Menoma chorus of 145 voices
will proceed along the line of march
about half hour before the parade
starts, making stops at Eighteenth and
Farnam streets, Seventeenth and
Farnam streets, Sixteenth and Dodge
streets, Sixteenth and Douglas streets,
and at other corners.
The ministers of Omaha have been
requested to assemble at the Young
Mems Christian association at
o'clock to march in the parade.