Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-27
CELEBRATION OF PEACE
REQUIRES THREE DAYS
Great Britain Making Plans fol
Monster Demonstration When
Germans Sign.
PREPARE VARIED PROGRAM
Churches and Sports Aim to Make
Qualification One Long to Be RE-
membered Among People OF
British Isles.
BY FORBES w. FAIRBAIRN.

I w. n.
LONDON. June 26.-The great peace
"nS Sla Ssit ,or tran in
BY I'VE years OF warfare. into a place
OF merrymakinE for three days in
so aEas afe ps belns formed by the
land. ireland. Scotland and Wales Will
tn:inn forth as never before with jubi
tory is at last ended.
1,d LORD Curzon. Sir Alfred Mond and
tee appointed by the government to
supervise the peace program. The FIRST
Official step OF the committee was the
the national celebration.
Meanwh;lc; details OF the celebra-
Tor The mcrrymaking have been ,een
solicited by the committee. and from
nearly every town and village in. tho
tverythinE from parades to church
services have been suggested. and
nundreds Of Ideas for the festival are
Perhaps the most Impressive OF all
The The ceremonial display, will he the
recslon OF tho League Of Arts for Ma
Hon2I and Civic Ceremony. OF which
viii be w sfns9n nn he Tbs
men. men daily during the war exposed
SI hs;n bonfire display An endless
81 to ' Lsnds n sH W ffG a9n iS Dnn
Welcome message OF Peace. Good
VIII on Earth" on the day Officially
The lofty crass OF the Gram GRANT
will, catch j. M and send i, south in
peaks answer: and finally. on; at sea.
mariners of the Cornish coast will he
might, And 'f in every E r,sh CONNIE TSsr
nifty in foreign lands bonfres will be
lighted and flares will herald the dawn
OF new world.
A Varied Program.
Suggestions already approved for
both local and national celebrations
srieHes ssryees in the ehqTshes,
eonnres, all flags lowered for ten
minutes minutes al, noon in honor OF the ma
pearsan dead nay nerGf se SnakeS
Natlonal Ha!lelujah Day. parish cerc-
monials. medals for scholars. massed
,.},, deeora,ionS. open air thanks.
giving: psrades OF all men and women
Apart from tho Thames pageant.
London Is planning huge Shakespeare
can and choral festivals 20 be STAGED
the city suggestions for the mos, part
following :he lines o. historical forms
o. rejoic:nE. On the first OF the three
days iuoiation there Will be process
OF the military nava! and air forces,
Including the womeas organizations,
National Volunteers, special consts hu-
larry and other branches of war &C.
tivity.
On Fail Mall. London's parade. the-.
Will be- a Decorative scheme mat will
surpass all yet attempted. II vii!
| show the history OF the home and Will
| be an emblemat.c affair with triumpaa!
cars and elegant symbols.
King and Queen TO Attend.
The King and Queen Will attend A
thanksgiving service in Westminster
Abbey. AT the same hour thanXsg!y-
Ing services Will De held throughout
the empire. In the evening the royal
family Will attend gala AZ the Covent
Garden Opera.
The chain Of f-e encircline the
Kingdom is assured. according -
Canon II. y. Rawnsley, secretary OF
The Central Committee Beacon and
bonfres. support from every part %.
England and Scotland ha- been re-
ce.ved and requests for rockets. flares
AandliEh.s are already being filled with
supplies furnished by the Admiralty
and the War Office.
..Ins, as our beacons IN time ..