Evening journal., 1921-04-12
FRANKLIN IN
BRONZE, HERE
Special Exercises to be Held
BY S. A. R. on Thursday
Afternoon
ESCORTED BY
BOY SCOUTS

Owing to the late arrival yester
day afternoon in Wilmington Of th'
bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin
which is on its way from a foundr,
in Baltimore to Waterbury, Conn, IL
final resting place, the special exer
cises arranged in its honor will b,
held on the Public Building Plazs
on Thursday afternoon.
The statue. which had been stored
n the public buildings court over
night. was placed on exhibition in
front OF the public buildings this
morning. 1t will remain there until
Friday morning
The statue left Baltimore early
yesterday morning. On an auto
car truck on which it rested. hand
some wreaths were placed by the
Baltimore Press Club and the patri-
otic societies of the city. A num-
Der Of automobiles carried the es-
cort
When the procession reached the
plaza OF the Public Building. it was
greeted by a Wilmington delegation
which included A. ID. Warner. Jr.,
president OF the Chamber OF Com
merce: Charles A. Rudolph. secre-
tary Of the Delaware Society. Sons
Of the American Revolution; Colonel
George W. Sparks. Clawson Ham
NIT and Scout Executive Frank A.
Greenhawk. A large number OF
Boy Scouts we're on hand 10 greet
the statue.
On Friday morning the statue, es-
corted by a delegation of local scouts
VIII resume its PATRIOTS journey 10
Chester. later going to Philadel-
phia.
The heroic bronze. which shows
Poor Richard" philosophically seat
ed on a bench. is by the eminent
sculptor. Paul ". Bartlett. and was
cast by a Baltimore foundry on
Saturday about noon. the University
Of Pennsylvania viii hold a meet
ing on the campus 20 pay tribute to
the founder Of "Old Penn" From
West Philadelphia. undergraduates
VIII escort the statue 10 the Park
way. where a parade OF patriotic and
other organizations Is 20 start with
Independence Hal as the terminus
Mayor Moore. Ambassador Jusserand
and others Will speak.
The entire project which is unique
In patriotic and art circles. Is all
under the auspices OF the Sons OF
the American Revolution. Exercises
in Baltimore on Saturday were under
the direction Of Mayor Broening. CO.
operating ws-h the genealogical So
cietes. The statue spent the week
end at Fort McHenry. adjacent "a
the site OF the hagpole from which
the Stars and Stripes fiuttered in
1914 when the Star-Spangled Ban
ner was inspired.
The Baltimore delegation which
arrived here with the statue included
G. W. Worsham, Jr. W. w. Hill. w
G.. Bradford, Robert Mather. II. 7
Krause, Kelsay Gault and william
Wright
Representative of patriotic socie-
ties OF Revolutionary War times and
also latter day Americanization or.
ganizations are urged to send repre-
sentatives tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock at Cooch's Bridge. A patri
otic meeting will be held there il
commemoration OF the Battle of tn,
Brandywine fought in that vicinity
II was in that engagement that th'
Stars and Stripes were first used II
battle. This rally starts the loca
program in honor Of BENJAMIN
Franklin, the statue OF whom ar
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escorting the bronze all the way.
Young folks and the foreign bori
especially are cordially invited &
attend the meeting scheduled 70
four o'clock Thursday afternoon a
he Public Building plaza Arrange
ments are now being made 10 sho,
Delaware's admiration for the Amer
ican patriarch who has well bee
rallied 'nany-sided." This Is IN
two hundredth anniversary. year q
ne beginning OF Poor Richard-s
literary career. i is also the ses
auicentennial Of the start OF his au
tobioEraphy. The local ceremonie
are part o. a national celebration /
hono- O. Dr. Franklin.
Chester receives the statue Frida
norning with appropriate exercises
PennEylranla Military College, a
vel a. Boy Scouts. are 70 act as II
sscort into the Pennsylvania citl
sDeeches following AZ the City Hal
On Saturday the bronze goes by wa
v Darby 70 the campus Of the Uni
Terslty % Pennsylvania.
Exercises on Sunday. the I5is
anniversary o. the death Of Dr
Franklin. follow al the grave. Fiji
and Arch streets. The next day tn
statue goes 10 Burlington. n. J.. tn
.. s. Navy providing the transporta
ion Next follow Trenton. Prince
-on, New Brunswick and Perth Am
boy In the order named. The nav
Nlh take the bronze from the Am
boy mentioned in Franklln's auto
biography, to the Battery. arrivinl
n lower Manhattan at noon Of tn
esrd. A parade to City Han is bein
arranged. with Mayor Hylan an
others taking part The statue Wi
probably go to Boston about m
18th, thus completely reversing m
rip Ben Franklin made in 1723
he age OF 2, as runaway printer
apprentice. The Massachusetts s.
,iety, S. A. r., are hoping that ,
New England may also have d
opportunity TO honor their brillia
native son.