Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-16

of Columbia. Gov. Byrd. who rode
with the President, told him all about
the Scotch broom and its interesting
history. Briefly. the Scotch broom is
said to have found it's way into Nir.
GINA accidentally. 1t came with ship.
ments of hay from England for Corn.
wallis army. and has since spread
although the bush is not found to any
extent in this country except right in
this part of Virginia.
The old town of Williamsburg. with
its tall shade trees and quaint homes
was all afiutter for this grand occa
sion.
The crowds along the way grew
larger and the demonstrations more
frequent and louder as the President
approached the town.
The party stopped at the site of the
old Capitol of colonial Virginia, prob
ably most noted as the place in which
Patrick Henry made his famous
Caesar Brutus speech against taxa
ton. The building was destroyed by
fire more than half a century ago and
today only Il line of stones and brick
of the original structure remain.
There is q, modern. granite stone
erected on the spot.
1t was TO this stone that the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge went to read
the inscriptions thereon and TO look
down upon the remains of the historic
building.
The presidential salute of II guns
was given the President upon his ar
rival at these ruins.
Met BY Soldiers.
When the party resumed the jour
ney TO William and Mary College,
where the actual exercises were held,
they were picked up by an escort
composed of a company of Infantry
from Fort Eustis. Va. This part OF
the procession was made slowly, thus
affording the populace and the thou
sands OF visitors who had come for
the celebration a good opportunity
to look upon and acclaim their Presl-
dent and the First Lady of the Land
as we'll as the chief executive OF the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
Upin arrival at the college grounds
he procession came TO a halt in front
of the residence of DR.. J. A. G.
Chandler, president of the college,
where the President and ms party
alighted, and after a cordial reception
upon the broad porch were taken
within where brief reception was
held.
'
Harrisburg, this residence has a his
tory dating back to early cOlonial
DAYS. and is of an architecture that
would cause any lover of real Ameri-
can colonial homes to look with envy
and admiration.
Heads Professional.
The President was then taken to
the college campus where he was
placed at the head of a professional
participated in by the entire faculty
and student body Of the college. This
led to the stand erected for the occa
sion in the open space directly in
front of famous old Sir Christopher
Wren Hail. said to be the oldest col
lege dormitory in America, from
which the addresses were made today.
AS the President mounted the plat
form the band struck up Hail to the
Chief" after which he was given the
William and Mary College yell. which
was followed by loud cheering on the
part of all who had assembled.
The ceremonies were opened by
GOV. Byrd as chairman, who, after
welcome to the many visitors, made
short address in which he told of the
acts leading up to the meeting of the
Virginia convention that adopted the
resolutions defying British rule and
calling for a Declaration of Independ-
ence. and the subsequent incidents re-
sulting in the actual adoption OF the
Declaration.