Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-28
TO D HAVE FLAG RAISING.
Order Fraternal Americans Compile.
ting Plans for Exercises and Pa
rade-Governor Stuart Invited.

Final plans for the flag raising
exercises which will be held Labor
Day on the grounds of the Alexandria
High School at the corner of West
and Cameron streets, were completed
at meeting of the general flag
raising committee Of Alexandria
! Council, No. 5, Order Fraternal
u Americans, which was held last night
in the rooms of the Chamber of
4 Commerce.
! At this meeting, which was large
n w attended and enthusiastic, the
order of the parade was finally pass
ed upon. It. has been decided to
have the order as follows:
Platoon of police.
American Indian Guard Band.
Alexandria troop of Boy Scouts.
Alexandra Light Infantry.
Alexandria High School cadets.
Alexandria Canton Of Odd Eel
lows.
Alexandria Council, Order Frater-
nal Americans.
Belle Haven Council, Junior Order
United American Mechanics.
James w. Jackson Council, Jr. O.
u. A. M.
Osceola Tribe of Red Men.
Seminole Tribe of Red Men.
Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows.
,sarepta Lodge of Odd Fellows.
Oriental Lodge, Knights of
Pythias.
Companies of Alexandria fire de-
partment.
Companies A, B, and c Of the bat
talon of Alexandria Home Guards.
Scottish Rite Masons.
Organizations and individuals par
ticipating in the parade will meet at
the corner Of King and Washington
streets, Monday, September 18th, at
o'clock and the route of the parade,
as passed upon last night, will be
as follows: King to Fairfax, Far
!. fax to Cameron. Cameron to Wash
I inpton, Washington to King: King
to West, West to high school.
Starting at 800 o'clock at the
: school, an elaborate program OF
exercises will be staged, during which
addresses by prominent speakers
will be features. Representative j..
Thomas Heflin, of Alabama. will pre-
sent the large flag of the United
States to the high school On behalf '!!
of Alexandria Council of Fraternal
Americans, acknowledgment and
acceptance of the invitation : from
the council having been sent by
him; and! Goyenor Henry Carter
Stuart, Of Virginia, has: BEEN invited
to present the Virginia State flag.
The flags to be presented to the
school. according to plans finally
mapped out last night, will, be raised
on two f:fty-foot flagpoles which are
.heinp erected on the high school
grounds.
The flags will be raised by the
smallest boy and the smallest; girl
in the high school, namely, Eawina
Carver and Bernard Yates,
At last nights meeting at the
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce
/ all committees under the mead :ior
the general committee made encour-
aging reports, and it is expected that
tho Labor Day affair with the pa
rade in addition to the: patriotic and
picturesque exercises, will eclipse
many things of the kind ever held IN
+his city. : The general committee
has requested all business houses
ond homes on the route Of the parade
& - decorate and cooperate in making
the affair success.
s,,perintendent of Schools William
n Sweeney is busy notifying ca
dots in the high school battalion the
past year to appear for the parade
and it is hoped that the two full com
nanies can be, gotten together fo'
the occasion.
Prod w Ebhardt was appointed
chief marshal of the parade las
might, and Roger c. Sullivan chair
man of the parade committee. ". W
jBallenger is chairman of the recep
tion and entertainment committee
1ohn H. Trimyer and James R
Mansfield are chairman and secre
tary, respectively, of the genera
committee in charge of the flag rails
ing and parade.