Milford chronicle., 1924-06-20
DELAWARE WILL MAKE
WONDERFUL DISPLAY
July End, 1924, Will Be Memorable
For Greatest Public Demonstration
OF Completion Of Du POnt Road.
GIFT TO Be ACKNOWLEDGED
Ceremonies Will Be Held AT Dover
And Stone Monuments Will Be
Erected In Three Counties

WlIuOuL I6SdIu 10 pOllIlcdl dIulla-
tion or other influences, the people Of
Delaware are invited to take part in
a popular demonstration to express
their appreciation of the splendid gift
of General T. Coleman du POnt OF a
million-dollar concrete highway,
one hundred miles long, through the
State of Delaware. There will be a
handsome testimonial in the shape of
silver map of Delaware about two
feet wide and three feet tall framed
for presentation to General du POnt
at Dover on July 2nd 1924. This map
will have the various parts of the
state shown by emblems as to the pro-
ducts or the districts and the leading
industries of the various towns along
the route.
The du Pont Boulevard will be
shown by a thin gold line extending
the length of the map, while the other
roads will be shown in enamel. In
addition to this testimonial it is pro-
posed to erect three monuments with
bronze tablets setting forth the facts
as to the beginning and completion of
the splendid road; its cost and by
whom the gift was made. One of these
monuments will be placed in New
Castle, one in Kent and one in Sussex
counties along the route of the bOule
ward.
The program as outlined at the
present time indicates that there will
be the greatest turnout of all the
people of Delaware, that ever occur
red. There will be parades, with bands
of music floats from Wilmington and
Of nOI cI,n tho
industries, and the various moving
picture filming companies will have
operators in every part of the State
where demonstrations are set on a /
large scale, as well as at Dover to get |
the views. This will get for Delaware
such advertising as no other State has
ever enjoyed, and should be of Won
derful value for the entire Delmarvia |
Peninsula.
The Italian Societies of Wilmington
propose to make a display that in it
self alone, will be a wonderful sur
prise to the people of Delaware-es-
pecially to those of the lower coun-
ties
Henry Ford has promised to send
the many vehicles he has been col
lecting for years, which show the
methods of travel from the earliest
years of the country, up to the mod
ern automobile of today. This should
be very interesting.
Dover Green will be reconstructed
for the occasion and the "Old Inn
now the Capitol Hotel will be made
to appear as it did in Colonial times.
A special committee, composed of the
citizens of every town in Delaware,
without regard to politics, religion or
any social standing whatever, is work
ing to make the testimonial and pub
lie display of appreciation of the gift
of the wonderful boulevard, a Won
derful event in the history OF Della
ware.
It has been proposed to have the
SIGNATURES of at least twenty-five !
thousand of the people signed on at +
tractive sheets of twenty-four names
on each sheet, which will be bound
into one huge volumn and presented +
to General du Pont with a statement G
of their appreciation of his wonder >
full gift of the concrete highway to the ?
people of Delaware especially and all
the peninsula incidentally. +
It is not an obligation for any one q
to contribute any fixed amount OF u
money to pay the cost of the beautiful n
testimonial, which will cost about So
900. build the three monuments and I,
paw the expenses of the holding of the f.
celebration; but there will be a cost =
of probably twenty thousand dollars I
to carry out the full program, which 6
must come from public subscription. r.
Every owner of a truck or automobile, T
certainly should appreciate this splen- h
lid boulevard, and contribute liberal r.
" to the fund. If the average contr1- II
buttons from this one source alone is +,
)ne dollar each, then there will be an W
Easy success scored. r
Last Tuesday evening meeting 4,
was held at the home of DR.. G. Lay ii
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