Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-22
|ISH|NGTON Birth
CITY
n, Guard and World War Vet
.,.n. Parade to Independ-
I .ncs Hall for Celebration
ARE IN LINE

NJ the patriotic torch through
hecp,s ecp,,orations parnded this morning
scr ~ ~ their comman Datriotic pro.
,'N Icno This was hut one OF the many
ts,,es throughout the city that
ssnnd the celebration Of the 10Oth an
.i,srssry Of the birth Of George WASH
cn: a. carly hour. members Of the
!iI,v dwind,ing Old Guard OF Phila-
p.Sis IN their swallowtail uniform
es' and git epaulettes. joined with
hsr%s % Of the Old Guard of the State
sn,hiss md the American Legion at
i atafe Fencibles armory.
~. Old Guard Of the Fencibles were
as.ssd in the infantry regalia that
~ rssulation Mt the time Of the in
sssrsi OF Rutherford +. Hayes and the
S3cnaries appeared in the various
Sfviee uniforms in use curing '"e "or'o
these contngents were Joined later
7. 1hs. newly organized Legion OF Honor
me Philadelphia lodge OF Elks, ana
M palh""Ih .hs head of the Old Guard rode
.:1sS.disr 1 i General George Wood. re-
Leading the leeionarics was Cap.
w. r. Ewing Montgomery, Major Ed
u;.d Firth led the Old Guard Fencibles.
~ Lieutenant Joseph Shambelan the
March to Independence Hall
Ia the wake of an escort Of mounted
/ rIieemen, this process ion marched
5sVn Broad to Chestnut street. and
thence TO Independence Hall. which
NV passed nt eyes fight. They marched
,Asn. 10 Market street and returned to
la NJ Sshl lnk
iA,re was much patriotic speechmaking.
The principal event in which the city
~ an official part was the presenta-
ten Of the Washington statue this aft
moon at Memorial Hall, Fairmount
The statue is duplicate of the
Anous Houdon statue at Richmond.
Ia, and Is the gift of the children of
r. late e }Gs" 5Is smorS The cere%rDy
~ ploce in Memorial Hall.
/ Hundreds of public school children
q one could count them-flocked to
Ae dedicatory exercises.
The youngsters enjoyed all the thrills
which come to such an event. Movie
sperators "shot them" in various poses
aiter they had "shot" Mayor Moore.
mo made the dedicatOry address. and
he trip was made worth while gen.
rally.
The statue was unveiled by Henry
| NcIlhenny. a relative of the donor.
The General Muhlcnberg Society,
Children of the American Revolution,
ave historical pageant in the audi
torium of the Philadelphia Young
friends Association. Fifteenth and
Cherry streets. The symbolic figures
portraycd included Pocahontas, Frank.
IN, Lincoln. Barbara Fritchic and fig.
ures In the late war.
Highway Posts Placed :,
Two posts calling to the minds of
passers the history of Frankford ave.
nue were placed on that thOroughfarC
this afternoon by the Historical Society
Il Frankford. One is in front &C the
0h Presbyterian Church at Frankford
avenue and Church street. and the other
at Ffankford avenue and Bridge street.
lsDedicatiOn ceremonies were held at
ITankford avenue and Church street this
afternoon. After prayer by the Rev.
John =. Laird. there were addresses by
Memas Creighton and Henry S. Borne
han.
Boards swinging from the posts put
IN place today recall that Frankfor,l
avenue was in Colonial days the King :
Highway. 1t was marked out in 1G15.
Over 1t rode John Adams and other
delegates to the Continental Congress in
ITO; Washington and his army
marched on the road to Yorktown; Vii =
Liam Penn used the road in gong to his
country place; and the wounded in the
Attle Of Trenton were brought back by
Wy Of the highway for treatment in the
Old Presbyterian Church. which was
uaed as 4 hospital.
The Second Pennsylvania Veteran
Heavy Artillery held IT'S thirty sixth an =
hoal reunion and seventeenth annual
fchcail. The comrades sat down to IRA :
Tons In the Philadelphia Young
friends Association dining room. The
members assembled at o o'clock, held
tneir association meeting at H. with
eiection and installation of officers at
S;O. followed by dinner at . O'Clock.
hollcall later was held.
me Veteran Guard of tho Third In p.
nntry. \. &. F.. did it's share to.
wstu commemorating the holiday b,
astreet parade this afternoon. Members
MsemDled Mt the arlnory at Broad and
mmnarton streets and marched north or
n!ood street to Chestnut. then west
oa Chestnut to the Rttenhousc. The,
wy nave dinner at the Rittcnhouse
vleGratlng the forty third anniycrsur,
ol the regiment.
tne pennsylvania Society, Sons o
~ revolution. gave their annual
".sninston Birthday party this after.
a0yh at the assembly rooms OF the His
%al %Tvr'cal Society Of Pennsylvania. Or
xxnares Custis Harrison, president O.
ue society. received the members ant
sSes!s' with the members of the Boar,
Inc Patriotic Order Sons of Amer.
81 setlvities started yesterday. wher
49, secretaries met at the Pennsyl.
sn'a state Camp headquarters.
+. o. s. Of A. Activities
ms evening the members of th
orSahlzation will parade to the Acod
my OF Music. where there will b.
~ imitation. At o 80 o'clock tho door
~ he Academy will be thrown omen +,
~ public and there will be mass
%eeIlhg at which Senator Pepper viii
tne principal speaker. Others vii
Congressman Johnson. Gabriel II
SESer, or Lebanon: Oscar B. Wcthcr
soia and Harry j. Stone.
one OF the evening obscrvanccs will
memorial service for the late Colone
ImpDe'! Pierce. former rector OF St
T.tnew T.taew s Protestant Episcopal Church
sateehth street and Girarf avenue
mo Was head of the Graves Rcgistra
Un service during the war. The sery
~ WIN be at 5 o'clock, ut 1000 Locus
S.,nh,, S,rst, under the auspices of the Phila
ph'a Chapter, National War Moth
mn day Knights of Columbus coun
MI osttMmroughout the city are observin
~. an Mashington's Birthday and Amer
ths history Day, in connection wit
tnn nstlohal campaign for the correc
sVH OF school tayts