The daily banner., 1919-06-19
Fourth Of July Celebration

While all the plans for the great
! demonstration on the Fourth oi
| July, in honor of the soldiers ano
sailors of Dorchester county, have
not been fully completed, and while
the following statement of the ar
rangements is not official and is sub
| ject to minor changes in respect to
some of the details, yet We feel that
the plans have been so far perfec-
ted as to be able to announce that
the program VIII be substantially as
follows:
The day will be ushered in at
sunrise by the blowing of whistles
and the ringing of bells, SO that the
population, at the very beginning,
may be admonished Of the fact that
the day is to be given over to well
coming the soldier guests and to a
general display of patriotic feeling.
At s O'Clock there will be con-
certs by brass bands, lasting for an
hour, in public places throughout
the town.
The hour from 8 to 10 will be
given up to general welcome of
the soldiers and of all visitors to
Cambridge by the citizens of the
town. A large committee on Recep-
tion has been appointed and these
gentlemen will he the official hosts
of the occasion, and not Ouly during
the morning, but throughout the
courtesy and extend hospitality to
all the visitors within our gates.
These gentlemen will have badges,
showing their official connection
with the events Of the day, and all
persons are directed to them for
matters of information.
From 10 to IL there will be a
game of baseball at the Athletic
Park, to which all men in uniform
will be admitted free of charge.
At one o'clock, in the Armory, a
regular old-time Eastern Shore din
ner will be served to the soldiers,
sailors, and others.
In the afternoon there will be
horse racing, and a second game of
baseball, to both of which the men
in uniform will have free admit
tance.
At $50 o'clock the men in uni
form will report in East Cambridge
to their Commanding Officer of the
day, Capt. J. Howard Hirst, and the
parade, over line of march thru
out the town. ITO be announced later,
will start promptly at Z O'Clock. The
houses along the line of march will
be handsomely decorated, and sew
eral triumphal arches will be cree
ted along the route. A reviewing
stand for the parade will be on the
lot of the Elks. at the corner of
High and Locust streets. The pa
rade will be disbanded at the Ar
mory at 8 o'clock.
The Armory will be brilliantly
and handsomely decorated for the
occasion, and there will be Commu-
nifty Singing, lead by Mrs. John E.
Croft, who will be assisted by the
musical talent OF the entire county,
as it is hoped that the ladies and
gentlemen from the rural districts
will assist the people of Cambridge
in swelling the chorus. There will
also be instrumental music and dane
ing for several hours.
There will be other features to
the celebration not ready yet to be
announced. AS stated above there
may be some modification in the
The entire program will
not be fully decided upon until next
night, when there is to
be a final meeting of the commit
tees.
1t will be the biggest Fourth of
July ever known in the history of
and it W to our
people their first op. " of
evincing their pride and ion
for the services of the mo
fought their battles in the war.
Visitors from the country should
that the Seminary
Building, as we'll as the Court House
nlo1a and other nub1ic places will
be open for their use as comfort sta
tions, as we'll as places where they
may bring baskets and enjoy pic
mic at any hour of the day.