Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-16
CITY WILL HONOR
PATRIOTS OF OLD
Anniversary OF Paul Revere's Ride
and Battle of Lexington 10 Be
Observed Here.
PARADE TO BE THE FEATURE
Demonstration Planned by Mayor Ne
CoBochie for Thursday Follow
ing Example Of New York.

/ One Of the features of the municipal
+ celebration which is being planned for
Thursday at the direction of Mayor
/ William McCon0chie will be a street
( parade. Members Of the various pat
rtoUc societies Of the city are to be
asked 20 participate 4 meeting Of
the committee iD charge of the affai-
viii be held tomorrow afternoon at
the office Of the mayor at which time
final details VIII be worked out,
The mayor took up the proposition
on the suggestion Of the committee OF
national defense, New York City.
. There an elaborate program has been
adopted TO properly observe The. ami
FeTsarv of ReVere's ride and the battle
Of Lexington
Today Mayor McConochie received
the following letter from the commit
tee in which this community is asked
TO follow any suggestions therein con
tanned for the observance here, al
though because of the shOrtness of the
time little of anything Of an elab-
crate nature can he attempted.
THE following partial program has
been adopted for Wake Up America
day by the committee which intends
so commemorate the anniversary o.
the midnight ride Of Paul Revere, ana
the battle Of Lexington by an organ
'zed patriotic demonstration TO revise
the Spirit Of '7G.
Commencing at midnight, april -,
the church bells of every church in
The city VIII toll and Paul Revere.
mounted on horseback VIII start on
his ride spreading the LeXlu gt0n
alarm The enemy Is coming At.
auI Revere of today in an aeT0PIa0e
mounted with gun and search(i5ht
viii follow dropping prOclamatons,
tTEtz viii be orEanizeJ by the Aero
cIab of AmeriCa) At the same hour.
a costume bali viii he gwen al one II
the leading hotels, unde~ the patron
age of all of the prominent citizens
ana tle descendants of the well
known Revolutionary figures. :n CO.
operation with Daughters of the
American Revolution and other pat-|
.tCtrc societies.
"The next morning. Tile ci-g viii be
awakened by the big guns Of the
nearby forts and the entire drumming
up Of the town to find that every or
gaufzed group of citizens from the
children of the primary schools I'd the
railroad presidents will have put
forth their most sincere and best eff
forts TO do their bit. Every vehicle
ana window space Will show its col
ors. Ply o'clock Carnegie hall the
headquarters of the dav, VIII open its
doors TO q great demonstration Of 10y
ally under the auspices Of the allied
arts Every prominent artist viii CO.
operate in the decorations and every +
well known actor and actress, mu-
stefan and singer. VIII participate IN
Fe4yz % inn III
will commence at 8 o'clock in the
morning and viii continue without In
corruption until the following morn
ing. Well known civic figures viii be
dispersed in q program of speakers. !
Special films Of preparedness viii be
shown and martial music VIII be pre-
dominate.
Have Big Parade.
Throughout the morning and after
noon. the leading stars. who have vol
uutaered as recruiting officers. will
make speeches all over the city, Com
meuciug at 10 o'clock q parade viii
go down the main streets, which will
have been decorated by the National
Security league. This parade Will rep
resent Young America by dem0nstra 4
ton of the fact that the youth Of
America realizes the ideaIism OF
democracy and civilization which we
are fighting for The boy scouts, the
campfire girls, the junior patriots.
Chinese boy scouts, university stud
euts. public schools. and all institu-
gfous viii cooperate in this unique
expression Of patriotism, Floats Of
national history viii be included and
every playground and park viii be or
gained and decorated and assigned 10
an individual institution. to perform +
"a pageant Of some historical event 0f
our history. Schools viii be closed +
for q set time during the day Street /
cars and automobile busses are in Ger
tain instances to be manned by well
known women showing their anxiety
to 30 their part Offices and other .
buildings with organized drilling
squads will be reviewed Labor unions
viii cooperate for demonstration at
the Grand Central palace on that day,
while Jewish and Italian manifesta-
tons viii take place at Cooper Union. /
All hotels viii cooperate. Every /
school will have patriotic exercises.
At night. ferry boats and bridges viii
throw searchHghts. The great build /
ings viii be illuminated and every
church viii have a special service for
the ideals and the spirit of the Amer
lean people