The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-10-10

Last Tuesday was great day in the
history of Marlboro. Prince Georges
County covered itself and its soldiers,
sailors and marines with glory. Early
in the day the crowds commenced to
assemble, and when the State candi-
dates, who had been specially invited
arrived the streets were filled With
bands, with returning fighting men
wearing the insignia of the divisions
with which they had fought, with farm
ers and their families, with cavalcades
of boys mounted on horses with the pref
test girls of the county dashing about
on wholesome steeds, their hair flying
in the wind.
A stand decorated with the national
colors had been erected on one side of
the courthouse portico. If the old home
of Governor Pratt, later the Marlboro
House, which is just across the road
from the courthouse, tons of good
things to eat were waiting. Upon the
big sodded place which was once the
yard of the mansion, great tables,
spread with white cloths, were ready.
Fully 5000 people were in the town,
record crowd of visitors.
Presently, to the strains of lover
There" the procession marched be-
tween the Courthouse and the Pratt
mansion, first Chief Marshal John M.
Bowie, and aides, mounted, then band,
then group of little children in light
summer dresses, the sun touching up
the gold of their hair. They strewed
flowers along the road for the return
ed soldiers to walk on. Behind the
group of white soldiers was group OF
colored men in khaki.
On the background of sun flooded
day. trees touched here and there with
the gay colors of fall and old gray
buildings, were imposed the brilian.
colors of floats on which the prettiest
girls in the county rode in costum of
white and red, or red, white and blue,
of gray, of brilliant silver. There was
the Red Cross nurse, Columbia in the
Stars and Stripes, the Goodness of
L berty in gray holding a torch aloft
Joan of Arc In the procession, as aide
to the marshal rode the feminine beau y
of the county as only the girls of Prime,
Georges county can ride. Red Gross
nurses marched.
Forty seven men from Prince Geor
ge's county died ii the fight ing forces.
The cornerstone of a fountain which
wilEeommemorate them was laid by tn
Masonic Lodge A bronze tablet bear
ing the names of all the AZ was unveil
3D.
Judge Beall was the presiding officer
Senator Blair Lee, in his speech
struck the note which seemed to giv'
the key for the whole proceedings, one
Of warm friendliness between family
and family lin Prince Georges. H.
said that all the people in the count
should resolve to remember these q
men who had died to preserve libera
20 eminent not only on this day, BIZ
forever in the future while they live d
that they should ever hold the familie
of such men in loving thought and speak
kindly word and do.a kindly act fo'
them whenever they should IN the flu
ture.
Brief responses were made by Gordon
C. Bailey for the army, William B
Clagett for the navy and Lucien Van
Doran for the marines. Charles Bene
dict Calvert was called upon to take
the place of United States Senate
James E. Watson, who was unable to
attend, and smade ringing speech
calling upon his audience to support
the institutions of the country which
the Al sons of Prince Georges had died
to preserve.