Evening star., 1924-07-04
ARDENT, NO|SELESS
4TH MARKED |ND.C.
Presidents Speech, Patriotic
Program in D. A. R. Hall,
Outstanding Features.
THOUSANDS TO RESORTS
Citizens Celebrations Include Ath.
letic Contests, Costume Parades,
Fireworks Displays.
THOUSANDS TO RESORTS

Independence day dawned upon a
Washington that was enthusiastically
but quietly preparing to celebrate the
nations 14Sth natal anniversary with
wholesome athletic contests. restful
motor trips or dignified patriotic ex-
ercises instead of the nerve-racking,
hazardous commandments of the past.
Athletics and motoring were far
and away the favorite attractions of
the day and it was estimated that
most OF Washington divided it's at
tentlon between the beckoning green
fairways OF the city's golf courses
and the battle scheduled for morning
and afternoon in the Clark Griffith
STADIUM between the league-leading
Nationals and the New York Yankees
Coolidge Marks Birthday.
For President Coolidge and the
White House it was a double occa-
sion for celebration. While he was
celebrating the anniversary of the
United States birthday, he also gave
some recognition to the fact that it
was his own fifty-second birthday
rms morning he led the nation in
It's patriotic exercises when he sound
ed the keynote of the Cay in an ad
dress before the National Education
Association in Central High School
stadium.
ANOTHER striking patriotic exercise
i 90, one or the greatest demon
penoence day-was scheduled for 2:3O
CLOCK this afternoon in Memorial
continental Hall under the auspices
OF the Daughters of the American
Eevoiution: EeoS Mrs. Anthony Wayne
ganization, will preside and a pro-
gram of the most inspiring Character
will be presented.
Citfsens Celebrate Touixht.
Later in the afternoon and tonight
there will be numerous community
exercises under the auspices of citi
zen associations. Addresses, COM
munity singing, exhibitions by bow
and girl organizations, parades and.
in some instances, carefully super
vised displays of oId-time fireworks
will be included in the programs.
With Independence day falling at
the end of the week, hundreds of
persons took advantage of the occa
sion for three-day vacation at
resorts within easy reach of the Ma
tional Capital and all yesterday roads
leading to seashore and mountains
were crowded with motorists hurry
ing away. Again today every road
leading to and from Washington was
jammed.
Many Visitors to ID. c.
Strangely enough. even the casual
observer might have noticed that
while hundreds of cars bearing Dis
trict tags were leaving their dust
between them and Washington, hun
dreds of others bearing tags from
numerous states were just as eagerly
rushing into it.
So crowded were the motor roads
to and from Washington that special
police vigilance was necessary and
both Maryland and Virginia state
the District Line to try to make sure
that speed -maniacs did not mar the
day with accidents.
The lid was clamped down and
locked tight on individual fireworks
displays. Only occasionally would q
surreptitous Are cracker give pa
thetic "plip" up some alley, where
= youngster, rejecting upon the
rlories Of the past, could not resist
the temptation to send OF lust one"
District police officials, however.
the law which prohibits the explo-.
sion Of fre works in Washington. and
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