Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-23
washington MOST
POPULAR OF NAMES
More Generally Honored IN Geo.
graphical Use Than Inat On
ANY Other Man.

In connection with the birthday of
George Washington. which iaiilng on
Yesterday (S,,nday, is being generally OBJ
served TODAY throughout the nation, and
in ali other uarts of the world where
Amer;cans are found, it is interesting to
note that the name Of the Father OF His
Country is more generally honored by its
use geographically than Is that ot any
other man that ever lived
Farthest north in Greenland is Wash
ington Land, and east OF 1T rs Cape Wash
ington Ontario has a town named Wash
ington South of the l1awalian Islands lies
Washington Island, and one OF the FIJI
Islands has a Mount Washington. In
Paris the Rue Washington opens into tie
Avenue DIES Champs Elysees.
In the United States there are about 300
geographical Washingtons, or an average
of about six for each State and territory
and foreign possessions. These include the
beautiful national capital and the great
State in the northwest corner of the Unit
ed States. Thirty-two of the As States of
the Union have counties named Washing
ton. Besides these there are other cities,
towns. villages, rivers, creeks mountains,
the latter including the highest peak in the
White Mountain range IN New England.
II would be impossible to accurately
state the number OF streets in the hun
drcds of cities, towns and villages named
for Washington, nor the parks. squares,
plazas. terraces, heights, bridges, arches
and buildings of every kind that bear his
honored name. The latest addition TO the
fine hotels in the national capital bears the
name.
In thinking of monuments To Washing
ton the first that comes to mind rears IT'S
'l55 feet toward the skies on the banks oi
the Potomac at the national capital.
From the window at the top of this great
structure one can look for miles down the
Potomac. where beautiful Mount Vernon,
Washineton's home, where thousands
make pilgrimage to stand before his"tomb.
,s located on beautiful height on the
river bank Not far away from the nation
II capital Baltimore has towering shaft
>tlrmoInted by a colossal statue OF the
first President Then there Is the cele-
brated statue nv Jean Antoine Houdon, IN
he central hall of the Virginia capitol at
Richmond lie stands in bronze at the
ront Of the sIlbtreasury building IN New
York. as if guarding the millions of Uncle
sam that are handled there every day. In
New York also is Washington Square, with
Washington Arch, great memorial.
4 granite tablet under Washington Elm
Il Cambridge, Mass, commentaries that
lay when the great general took command
Il the first American army. Nearly every
rity, town and village in the original
thirteen States can point to some monu-
,nent or memorial tablet In Washington
honor. and some cherished landmark where
nc spent the night or was present On some
occasion.
In Alexandria, Va, there still stands the
Episcopal church which Washington some
times attended for worship, with tablet
commemorative of that fact. And not
from there, near Mt. Vernon, stands little
thurch where he worshipped at other times
and where be was member of the vestry.
Washington was member OF the Masonic
fraternity, and all over the country there
bre lodges named in his honor.
At Valley Forge there Is preserved as a
national shrine the headquarters where he
Ipent a terrible winter with the freezing
d C'ontinentals. and overlooking the Hudson
il Newburg, \. Y, Washington's head
quarters are preserved as place of patri-
5tic resort.
MANY IN pFlLAHELpHIA.
In Philadelphia, beginning at Washing
ton Square. facing Walnut, between Sixth
and Seventh streets, one may 90 through a
room in Independence Hall filled with
Mashingtoniana, TO Washington lane,
Washington avenue, Washington Park, at
Twenty-sixth and Allegheny avenue, or
Washington Park on the Delaware, passing
at starting the Washington monument IN
front of Independence Hall, and stopping
to contemplate the Washington mounu
ncnt which stands at the entrance of
Paramount Park. Elsewhere about that
city NAV be found tablets that display his
name or tell of events with which he was
connected.
In the public schools all over this great
land of ours, no name is SO dearly beloved
as is that of Washington. He has been set
mp as the ideal of every student and rs held |
in reverence as the Father of His Country. |
4 George Washington Memorial Asso- !
cation is engaged In perpetuatlng the |
great name within correct historical lines. |
There Is the tomb OF Washington at /
Mount Vernon, and in Statuary Hall IN the /
Capitol there is bronze bust by |
David Dangers, presented to the United |
States by the government of France
through Ambassador Jusserand.
WILMINGTON A WASHINGTON CITY.
Here in our city OF Wilmington the
name is associated with one of the prin-
cipal streets of the city, running from
Front street to the northern limits of the
city, and lined in sections with many
residences, and several beautiful
parks.
Crossing the Brandywine is Washington
street bridge, soon to be torn away and
replaced with magnificent new memorial
structure to cost nearly million dollars,
md to be the last word III bridge con-
,truction and bridge architecture 1t will
,e named for the Father of His Country
md will be memorial to Delaware's dead
n the late great war.
Washington School, on Washington
above Fourteenth, occupies commanding
position at the southern end of Washing
on street bridge, and is one of the best of
he city's educational institutions, and