Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-07

Armistice day, which occurs next
Thursday, will be one of the big annual
events on the calendar of the ex-service
man or woman for many years to come,
and Washington is gong to observe it
in proper fashion. the principal feature
being the three-day celebration at the
American League ball park. which be-
gins Thursday afternoon and concludes
Saturday night.
Varied talent Is being brought to
Washington by the posts having charge
of the program, and a parade OF the
downtown district on Thursday morning
will start the occasion off in a real
holiday manner. Younger Washington
is never more happy than when dane
ing, and in addition to the other attrac-
lions at the park there is to be large
A group of motion picture stars who
| will be seen at the celebration will reach
Washington next Wednesday and will
be the guests of the National Press
! Club at an entertainment for club mem
| bers and guests next Wednesday night.
Veterans to Have Program.
| Veterans of Foreign Wars. represent
! ing the six posts of that order in the
| District of Columbia, will hold an
Armistice day meeting in Caron Hail,
91S 10th street, next Thursday evening.
at which Col. George L. TAFT, state com
mander of the veterans, will preside.
The speakers on that occasion will in
clude Miss Mabel Boardman. whose
work for the Red Cross during the war
made her a national figure; Rev. DR..
! Abram Simon and Rev. John c. Moore,
national chaplain of the Veterans OF
| Foreign Wars. There will be several
musical numbers, and the meeting will
! be open to all members of the order
| and their guests.
badges will be presented to George j.
! Neuner and Edward H. Hale, both OF
| whom have served as chief executive
OF National Capital Post, No. 127.
The American Forestry Association
| headouarters in Washington has an
nounced that twelve memorial trees
| will be planted in Madison Square
| New York city. by members of Met
| ronolitan Post, No. 3S5. of the Ameri-
can Legion, in honor of twelve men
| who died in the service during the
! war with Germany. The names of
the men have been forwarded to j. S.
Kaplan, city forester of New York,
and will be entered on the rolls or
that city and the national organiza-
ton.
A detail from Lafayette Post. No. 9,
Of the American Legion, represented
that organization at the interment of
number of soldiers who died over
seas. and whose bodies were laid to
rest in Arlington national cemetery
last Friday afternoon. The post de-
ia eminent was in command of Post
Commander Frank Frost. There was
also a platoon of soldiers in attend
ance from Fort Myer.
Wounded Men Will Meet
ConyaIescent soldiers at Walter
Reed Hospital. who recently organ
, lied a post of the Veterans of For
| eien Wars there, will hold an open
meeting Monday evening, November
| Is. to which all soldiers. sailors and
| marines who have seen foreign serv-
ice are invited. The meeting will be
held in the gymnasium at 1880 pm.
| Departmental officers of the vet
Grams will visit the post. and pending
| legislation will be discussed by Ed
ward H. Hale, chairman of the leg
| islative committee, who will also re-
view the work of the war risk anu
| vocational training bureaus.
A business meeting of the post will
be called at $50 o'clock, just before
the open meeting, at which nQmina-