Evening star., 1919-11-10
SYMBOLIC EVENTS
ON ARM|ST|CE DAY
HERE TOMORROW
Gen. Pershing, Army Flyers
and Other Fighting Men
in Local Program.

American customs and symbolism
will mark the Armistice day celebra-
tion at Lafayette Square tomorrow
morning. when aerial maneuvers by
Army flyers and an imitation battle
by a platoon of soldiers, sailors and
marines viii marEstke celebration of
the first anniversary Of the-cessation
of hostilities. -. - 81. ~. -,
Leading oflciafs ox the soysissnment
and citizens who have planned the
big demonstration will be grouped in
circle in the western end Of the
square symbolic Of the old Council
circle" OF the American Indians.
Each State Represented.
The firing platoon. which will. fire at
of the hour of II o'clock, will be
composed Of forty-eight men. one for
each state in the Union. Two redwood
trees. typical American species. will
patriotic civic and military spirit of
the nation. and the roots will be coy
cred with earth brought from. every
part of the country.
Gen. John J. Pershing will be pres
ent with his staff at the celebration
tary tree"
1t is expected that President Will
son will watch the proceedings from
one of the upper windows of the
White House, and his autograph.
along with that of Secretary of State
Lansing and number-o of others, will
be placed with documents to be her
metically sealed and placed at the
roots of the trees.
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The exercises in the square are to
begin at 1890 o'clock in the morning,
when the opening prayer will be made
by Rev. Henry N 'Couden, blind chap
lain of the House of Representatives.
A part of the program will be a
moment of silence, which will be fol-
lowed by an aerial prayer" made
as "the Flying Parson," and an or
dained minister. The prayer will be
recorded and repeated to the assem-
bly, by wireless telephone. just as ut
tered by Lieut.. Maynard in his air
pane overhead.
In many respects the part of the
firing platoon. Stimulating the last mo-
ments of the war. will be the most
interesting, especially as the soldiers
and marines will be in full field equip
ment, including trench helmets. The
platoon will be commanded by Col.
Russell c. Langdon, who served in
the infantry overseas and there is
friendly rivalry between the three
groups as to which shall present the
smartest appearance.
The expense of the celebration at
Lafayette Square tomorrow win be
met by private subscription, but the
public is asked to attend. Every one
from outside the District Of Columbia
is expected to answer Present whan
the state name is called by Fairfax
Naulty, who will conduct the roll call
of the states"
Music for the occasion will be fur
nished by the Army band from Camp
Meade. as the presence of the Marine
Band will be required at the Union
station, where the Prince of Wales
will arrive at noon.
While the main celebration is in
progress at Lafayette Square, tens of
thousands of other celebrants in gov
ernment offices, department stores,
public schools and other places will
be taking cognizance of the day. In
most places the program has been ar
ranged by the community service and
will consist of chorus singing from IL
o'clock until eleven minutes after the
hour.
In the schools the children will not
leave their dassrooms. but will put
aside other work for eleven minutes
to sing patriotic songs The depart
ment store employees have been or
ganized to do their full part in OBJ
serving the eleven-minute song Pc
riod, and in some of them customers
who happen to be in the store at the
time will be asked to join the cele-
bration.
A special armistice meeting of the
Park View citizens, open to all adults
in the community. will be held in the
Park View School house tomorrow
night at o'clock.
The feature of this meeting will be
the welcome to the III Parkview men
who have returned from service in
France.
DR.. John Van Schaick. president of
the board of education will be the
principal speaker. He will relate his
personal knowledge Of conditions con-
nected with the signing of the armis-
tice as witnessed by him while at the
front one year ago. with the Red
Cross. Sergt. o. B. Miller of the Mo-
tor Transport Corps also will speak
Of his experiences at the front Spe-
cial music will be feature of the
Evenings entertainment