The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05
SCHOOL PUPILS
GIVEN TIME OFF
!. TO SEE PARADE
Day and Half of Holiday Is
Provided to Allow so, 900
+! Children View of Big Show
PAGEANT TO BE REPEATED
Historical Floats to March
Back Over Course Friday
I Morning for Their Benefit

Sixty thousand public school
children will be given a day and
q half holiday this week in honor
of the Shrine convention. The
schools will be closed all day to-
day to allow the pupils to view
the biggest parade of the con-
clave. The historical pageant will
be repeated Friday morning for
the school children. School will
open at o'clock Friday,
The historical pageant will parade
up Pennsylvania avenue Thursday
70 the Lincoln Memorial where 1t
win remain overnight for the bene-
fit Of the school children. On Fri
day, the pageant will retrace its
steps down the avenue.
PAGEANT OF HISTORY.
This pageant will combine both
pleasure and education. The floats
In the parade will depict incidents
of American history.
The first float will be that Of
''The Little Red Schoolhouse-the
Hope of America" This float is
to show Shriners' interest in school
children of today At each corner
OF the f1oat will be Knight Tenn
plar with a sword defending the
little red schoolhouse.
Another float showing the Shrin-
ers' interest in the children Will be
that Of the Shrinel Hospital for
Crippled Children. The Shriners
spend $1,2O0,0o0 each year on such
hospitals: a per capita expenditure
Of So.
The historical pageant will begin
with the incident of Pocahontas and
7 Captain John Smith. This will be
followed by a float showing William
PENIS treaty with the Indians.
The Penn float will reproduce the
famous Treaty Oak and the smok.
ing OF the peace pipe. These two
I floats will represent the early colo
NAL period of American history.
REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD.
The next series of floats will show
the beginning of the conflict with
England. Patrick Henrys famous
''Give me Liberty or give me
death" speech float will be elab-
orately constructed showing the
Virginia Legislature. This will be
followed by a float showing the
signing of the Declaration Of indie
pendence. Another interesting float
will be the Boston Tea Party show
ing how Boston refused to accent
british tea. Then will come the
float with the Liberty Bell and the
Spirit Of '76, proclaiming liberty.
The floats representing the Revo.
lutionary War will follow next. The
most familiar of these reproductions
will be that Of Washington Crossing
the Delaware. A unique float will
be one showing a log cabin Masonic
lodge at Valley Forge with George
Washington entering 1t. =
The most colorful spectacle is the
one showing. Benjamin Franklin
pleading for America at the Court
Of Louis XVI Of France. The bat
tered Bon Homme Richard, ship of
Capt. Paul Jones, is shown in a real
istic reproduction. The capture of
Stony Point and the death of Gen.
eral Warren show two incidents in
the war.
LESSON IN HISTORY.
Washington, the Mason, laying
the Cornerstone of the Capitol"
California Gold Rush, Establishing
Law and Order" and the Death of
Colonel Armstead, an Incident Of the
Civil War" will represent the era of
Federal Government, followed by the
gold rush that settled the west, and
the civil war. A dignified and in.
spring float will present an effigy
Of Abraham Lincoln. Another beau.
tiful float will carry the face Of Ad
nniral Perry worked in snow. Last
comes float of Theodore Roosevelt
mounted upon his horse, with an
inscription, Roosevelt, Rough
Rider, Governor, President"
A few floats depicting Masonic his
tory will also be in line.