The Washington herald., 1922-07-03
NBRTH OF JULY
:::FETES PLANNED
!. .BYl.C.SOCIETIES
leading Celebration Will
Be Staged on Capitol
: Plaza at Night.
MUSIC BY MARINES
'TAll-Day Exercises Are Being
4 Arranged in Various
Parts of District.

y Americas greatest national holi-
lay-commemoratin the signing
n the Declaration of Independence
i-wfiI be nttingly observed through
rut the Capital tomorrow.
p Outstanding among the celebra-
! pms win be the one staged on Capt.
Plaza beginning at 8 o'clock in
l,,he evening. At least $4,000 per-
,,ons are expected to gather for this
occasion. and in anticipation of a
nrowd of that size or larger. Maj.
Daniel Sullivan. superintendent Of
: 'oliee. has detailed fifty of his men
o the scene
y This event-to take place on the
: pot where United States Presidents
re inaugurated-will consist Of
!, music by the Marine Band. patri-
,.tic addresses. and mass singing by
r, chorus of Washington school chill
Z ken. Comr- ssioner Cuno H. Ru-
'olph will preside while Thomas j.
Donovan will be in charge of the
Entertainment.
Celebration at Keith's-
Citizenship exercises will be held
( Keith's Theater at 10 o'clock in
he morning. The feature of the
xercises. which are to be given un-
Ier the auspices of the District
federation of women's Clubs. the
y. S. 8. Jacob Jones Post of the
american Legion and the Columbia
Ieights Citizens Association, will
. an address by Solicitor General
a 'heodore G. Risley. of the Depart
r aent OF Labor. Music will be given
ry the Kaspar Trio.
= The winner of the contest for the
''est essay on citizenship will be
4. .wsrded a medal by watson B. Mil
or. District commander of the
american Legion.
Z, The program further includes an
'verture by the Marine Band: in
reduction by Ollie Clapp Steel; in
& location by Amy F. Hammond,
y ;haplain Of the U. S. s. Jacob Jones
Post; preamble to the American Le-
zion constitution, read by Lois NJ.
Beech, commander of the post
!. George Washington" a poem by
+ fargaret McMichael. and THE Star
Hipangled Banner" by Gertrude
2 syonSs accompanied by the Marine
Band
If fetwOrtn fIans Fete.
y An elaborate all-day program IL
-,lanned by the Petworth Citizens
Association. This will begin at 10
,b'clock- IN the morning with a pa
j ede. which will begin from a point
Z n New Hampshire avenue between
Rock Creek Church road and Quin-
,.y street and will end at Grant
(. ,frcie.
o Flag-raisinR exercises will be
81 Ield at Grant Circle. beginning at
! l o'clock. At 1 o'clock In the aft
srnoon there will be a baseball
.. fame between a team composed of
. married men and a team of boys.
D after the game will come foot races
or both boys and girls, these to be
Ireceded by an old-fashioned
{, sreased-pig chase. He who catches
he pig will be the owner.
u Henin to Speak.
q An address by Senator ]. Thomas
Iefiin., from Alabama, will be the
esture of the evening program.
I. Following the exercises there will
,e an elaborate display of fire.
works.
I. Another neighborhood organi-
q alton that will observe the re-
,ublic's natal day with an all-day
Irogram is the Piney Branch Citi-
ems Association. The residents Of
!. 'iney Branch Park will start the
LAY by assembling at the band
tand, Thirteenth and Emerson
treets. at 9:45 o'clock.
g, Here they will listen to addresses
" Ambassador Jules ]. Jusserand,
ienator william H. King. of Utah.
The Declaration Of Independence
will be read by George A. Finch. of
he Carnegie Endowment for Inter-
.stional Peace; Miss Dorothy Lieut.
'echer will sing the 'Star-Spangled
sanner," and the invocation will be
aid by Rev. Harry Evaul. The
Master OF ceremonies will be Edgar
7. Henderson, president of the
'iney Branch Citizens Association.
Athletics In Afternoon
During the afternoon there will
'e an athletic carnival. in which
Winners of the various events will
'e awarded cash prizes. The pro-
ram for the evening will begin
Vith patriotic parade and end
With fireworks.
Newly-naturalized citizens will
celebrate the day by attending a
upper at Columbia High School, to
e rendered them by the Society of