Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-05
SCHOOLBOY GIVES
FINE DESCRIPTION
|0f Sixth Grade Room At Burke
Street School.

and Mrs. J. J Shirley, OF III South
Queen street. gives an excellent de
scription of the room taught by
Miss Frances Hergesheimer at Burke
! Street School on the occasion Of the
program in honor of George Wash
! ingtoa's birthday. Albert is in the
Sixth Grade. His paper, like the
preparation of the program and the
previous picture study is viewed
with justifable pride by parent and
teacher. as well as all others inter
ested in the splendid work that is be-
ling accomplished in the schools of
Martinsburg. The description fol-
lows
Washington's Birthday.
On the twenty-third day of Febru-
larry our class celebrated Washing
tons Birthday.
We had very beautiful room as
each pupil brought flag, gun, sword
or something connected with the his
tory of Washington.
! Our black-boards were covered with
patriotic drawings, the walls being
decorated with pictures, flags, etc.
In describing these drawings | will
begin with the first one, which is
that of the Old Liberty Bell, drawn
Iby Mary Pecks This bell weighs two
thousand pounds, and cost 100 lbs
sterling. 1t was frst4rung when the
Continental Congress was declared.
1t now hangs in the vestibule Of the
State House Below this was writ
ten:
First in war,
First in peace,
First in the hearts Of his country
men,"
Above this hangs the picture of
Washington, our hero whose birthday
seems doubly impressive as the war
clouds seem lowering and we know
what he had to endure with starv-
ing army and many undrilled and
unframed soldiers.
On the right is our President,
Woodrow Wilson. and to the left
hangs the picture of Abraham Lin
coin. These three will go down in
the pages OF history as men who had
to .faceN the music Yet when the
skies are cleared the war-clouds van
ished, Our flag will still be there"
Two beautiful American flags hang
gracefully above these pictures. The
second drawire hat of his birth
place which is located in far-away
Virginia, but better known as Bridges
Creek plantation. The third was that
OF Mount Vernon where he died 1t
is located in Virginia on the right
bank of the Potion &C river, fifteen
miles south Of '. ashington. The
house is frame one and is erected
two hundred ,fe { above the river.
which presents a excellent view Of
the Potomac. two were drawn
by Helen npard.
The four vas that of stage
coach OF ii eighteenth century and
being an OIL, drawing, was very at
tractive. The fifth picture represent
ed the Bunker Hill Monument, the
cornerstone being laid by Marquis De
Lafayette. June II, 1926 1t is two
hundred and twenty. feet square at
the bottom and fifteen at the top.
The monument affords a grand view
of the country. Drawn by E. House
holder.
The sixth drawing was that of
Taneuil Hall, Boston. and was pre-
srnted to the town by s.a- Faneuil.
II q naprises mark / place on the
first floor and the town hall and 9TH
er rooms above. It, was destroyed
by fire in 1861 and rebuilt by the
town. In. 1775 it was used as a the
atre.
During the Revolutionary war, It
was very often used as a meeting
place of the patriots.
The seventh drawing was that of
washington's headquarters, at Valley
Forge. This was very historic
drawing for 1t was the darkest per-
Tod of the Revolution.
The eighth drawing was that of
the historical scherrv tree and hat