Evening star., 1926-05-30
CAPITAL TO HONOR
SACRED HERO DEAD
Ceremonies Beginning Today
Reach Climax in Coolidge
Speech Tomorrow.

In reverent homage. the National
Capital will begin today it's annual OBJ.
| servance of Memorial day, preliminary
/ to the sacred ceremonies Of the day
! itself. which will culminate tomorrow
afternoon with an address by Presi.
dent Coolidge in the Arlington Amphi.
theater.
Wherever a grass-clad mound marks
the sepulcher of a martyred warrior,
and where the restless seas whisper of
the men who went down in ships,
never to return. delicate blooms will
pay tribute to the heroic legions that
are bivouacked on eternitys parade
ground.
Today the ceremony will find it's ex-
preston in the decorating Of graves
in the cemeteries in and around Wash
ington, closing with special memo
rial service at o'clock this afternoon
in the outdoor amphitheater of the
National Cathedral Close. 1t is expect
ed that 20 900 persons will attend this
service.
q. A. X. Parade Tomorrow.
Tomorrow the fullest meaning of
the day will be best expressed when
the vanishing lines of the Grand Army
of the Republic, tenderly guarded by
the more stalwart veterans of the War
with Spain and the World War. parade
once more down historic Pennsylvania
avenue preparatory to their annual
pilgrimage to Arlington National
Cemetery.
The services in memory of the
sailors and marines will be held this
morning and this afternoon on board
the U. S. s. Porpoise and the launch
90, The Porpoise will cruise down to
Mount Vernon and back. with pas
sengers strewing flowers on the bosom
of the Potomac en- route. Slmllar
services will be held on the Q9 at l: :So
O'Clock this afternoon. The Porpolse
will leave the navy yard at 10 o'clock
this morning.
At 3 O'Clock this afternoon, from
the Key Bridge. four carrier pigeons
will be dispatched with messages OF
peace and good will to the four
corners of the earth. At the same
time planes Of the Army and Navy
win circle overhead, dropping roses
in memory of those who died in that
branch of the service.
Service at Cathedral.
The service at the National Cath
edral today will be strictly In Keeping
with the purpose OF tnat great pioJeCI
to provide a national place or worship
for all denominations. Bishop Free
man will deliver a sermon carrying
ont this ideal and Senator Hiram
Bingham of Connecticut will deliver
a patriotic address.
Music for the occasion will be fur
nished by a mighty choir OF 600
voices, selected from churches OF the
city. with the United States Army
Band providing accompaniment. From
$50 o'clock until 3:45 the band will
play patriotic airs from the amphi-
theater platform, when 1t will head
procession from the bishops house to
the assembly place.
In this procession will march all
of the participants in the service.
Mai. Gen. Grote Hutcheson, retired,
grand marshal of ceremonies, and
Cannon Anson Phelps Stokes. chair.
man Of the committee in charge, will
head the line, followed by crucifer
bearing the American flag. Next in
order will appear the cathedral choir,
the clergy of other communions,
diocesan clergy, cathedral officials. the
Bishop Of Washington, the Memorial
day speaker and officiating clergy.
The recessional will lead to the
peace cross, where the choirs will
form a lane through which the re-
mainder Of the procession will pass,
singing hymns. Special instructions
have been Issued for the purposes of
assembling the large number Of digni-
taries who will be in the line of march
and it has been announced that no
lContin,led ON Page 6. Column ~