Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-04
Grant Circle.
Horace J. Phelps is general chair
man of the central committee.
FIag-Raising at Petworth.

Horace J. Phelps is general chair
man of the central committee.
FIag-Raisins at Petworth.
Flag-raising exercises will begin at
II o'clock at Grant Circle Singing
ing Of the flag, an address by Charles
]. James, singing of America" and
a selection by the band will comprise
the program.
The evening patriotic exercises will
Band at $50 o'clock. The patriotic
exercises will comprise the following:
Singing. Star Spangled Banner
led by D. s. Church; introduction Of
Josiah L. Carr. president Petworth
Citizens Association. and Horace J.
committee; invocation, Rev. ]. Nc
Namara. pastor of ST. Gabriers
Roman Catholic Church; music, by
the band: reading of Declaration of
Independence. Charles !. James; mu-
Lloyd: singing. America" led by
q. S. Church; music, by band, conclud-
ing at $50 pm.
In the event of rain the patriotic
exercises will be held at the M. E.
Church, Grant Circle, at the same
diately following the patriotic exer-
cises.
Takoma Park will have an elab-
crate celebration tomorrow, begin
ming at $3.50 o'clock in the morning.
Maj. B. K Lee is grand marshal.
committee in charge, and Mrs. c. G.
Elliott, originator Of the celebration.
Four Sunday schools will be among
the participants in the parade, which
will be headed by Mayor James L.
Wilmeth and members Of the town
Sunday school will present a pageant
showing the flag and its defenses,
past, present and future. In this sec
ton Of the parade will be a large
flag carried by thirty boys and girls.
There win be a fioat showing Betsy
a guard Of honor in continental uni
form. In the float showing 1.-THE
Present. will be farmers housekeep-
ers. mechanics and nurses. The fu-
ture is to be depicted by the primary
a,.g IN patriotic TT TIC s
. The Presbyterian Sunday school is
to show the peoples of the United
States at different periods. Ten
groups will depict the people OF this
country from the times of Columbus
The ne e. 1as x xavenst
school 10 to display seven units, in
GLIDING floats as follows: Goddess of
Liberty and Uncle Sam, the Greatest
Mother in the World, Making Ameri-
cans. and Future Citizens. There is
to be a May pole and large flag
The District Of Columbia and the
states will be represented in units to
be presented by the Baptist Sunday
school. Other attractive units, in
Guiding the girls red. white and blue
corps, will grace this division.
Program Il Patriotic.
The civic division. showing public
school children not in the other di-
visions, the women's civic club in pa
triotic regalia and riders on deco
rated bicycles will follow. An auto
rated machines will appear. will close
up the rear Of march.
The parade will wind through the
streets Of the community to the grove
at Maple and Tulip avenues. where
Even Am IN is 70 Se sung m1 S Ds
the audience. accompanied by the
community band. The invocation is
to be by Rev. Thomas c. Clark. pas
tor Of the Presbyterian, Church. Mrs.
P. Clyde Shade is to sing 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner
Former Senator Blair Lee of Mary
land is to deliver the grafton. A dou-
BILE quartet is to sing, the Red. White
and Blue Corps is to drill. and the
audience Is to sing Columbia, the
Gem of the Ocean," The benediction is
to be pronounced by DR.. B. F. Bryan
OF the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Oldest Citizens to Meet.
The Association Of Oldest Inhabi-
tants will hold business meeting at
the engine house. 10th and n streets,
tomorrow from II to 12 o'clock Pa
triotic exercises will follow. Col
Frederick C. Bryan is to deliver an
address.
The celebration at Congress Heights
will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon in Wilson Park. under the
of that place. There are to be base
ball games. a band concert. speeches.
fireworks and dancing.
The fifth annual carnival of the Sill
yer Spring, Md, volunteer fire depart
ment is to open tomorrow and extend
held at the Blair Lee campus, Georgia
avenue, at the District line.
Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
there is to be a ball game between
the Clarendon, Va, and the Silver
Spring teams. The celebration is to
continue to midnight. Other days the
carnival opens at o'clock each even
ing. 80,
walter Reed Hospital tomorrow will
continue it's celebration of Independ-
ence day festivities. with twenty-five
athletic events to be staged following
the big parade in the morning; WON
en- of the uniform corps of the Dis
trict Red Cross will participate IN
the parade, which starts at 10 O'CLOCK
One-legged and one-armed men will
take a large part in the sports and
water events, which are to follow.
The parade is to be reviewed by offi-
cials and patients. the latter in gayiy
decorated wheel chairs.
Various departments of the work at
Walter Reed win be represented In
the big parade,