Evening star., 1926-05-14

| idee Senators and Representatives
and others high in officia! life in the
| Capital. are leaving here today and
| tcnigh, to he present in Williams
burg. Va. tomorrow for the telebra-
! tion of the sesquicentennial anniver-
sary "f the first decisive step taken
| by Virginia looking toward the indie
pendence of the American colonies.
1t was l3o years aga tomorrow that
! the Virginia Assembly. meeting in
! Villa m shurg. adopted a resolution di-
recting its representatives in the Con
; tinen,al Congress to support declara-
| tion of independence from British con-
troll
Eiahmate p,ans have been made to
make this observance Of Virginia =
contribution Ia indepe ndence an i'm
prpssIve and memorable occa sion. The
, old town Of WILLIAMSBURG. so famous
in early Virginia colonial history.
promises to greet its many guests
with real caNetN. The celebration II.
| self will he one of the most interest
ing and imposing spectaries ever en-.
acted in the early Virginia capital.
OF course the principal event will be
the presence OF the President and the
arst lady. and the address to he de
livered BY the Executive. the hrst he
has made outside of Washington since
his speech in Chicago early last De
rember.
Trip Aboard Ma! flower.
Accompanied by a small party of
friends. the President and Mrs. Cool
tdee boa ar,ied the yacht MayhOwer
: shortly after noon To start their
tourney to the Virginia peninsula.
They will land at Yorktown, famed AS
the spot whore American independ-
ence became an actual fact when
Lord t-ornwalIis comma nding the
British forces. urrendered 10 george
Wa ashinCton There the distinguished
marty will be met by officiais or the
state. who will accompany them on
the motor trip from Yorktown TO VII
hamsburc distance of II miles.
THOSE who were invited to make
tho trin aboard the Mayhower are
Senator and Mrs. Swanson apd Sen
ator Glass OF Virginia. Senator and
Mrs. Bingham OF Connecticut. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Montague OF Nlr-
einia Everett Sanders. secretary to
the President: c. Bascom SiemP;
FORMER secretary to the President, ana
col Henry w. Anderson OF hlchhioIi"'
United States agent on the Anetic""
Nexi,an Mixed Claims commission.
,rha NaNtower is scheduled to dock
at Yorktown between and 10 clock
tn,oorrov morning The journey Dach
I
80 W.ashincton will he started ny the
p,ssidept's marty between 3 and IN
tha afternoon. Washington could oe
reached early Sunday morning II 'he
president so desired. hut 1t is thougnt
| l,l.ely that he will prefer TO cruise
a ahout the. bay and the lower Potomac
during Sunday, arriving home Mon
dav morning
Large Crowd Expected.
Tbis celebration has heen widely al
v.rtised and great interest has heen
ma infested throughout the state ahu
in nearby sections. with the resu'
that there ia every indication that VII
lia msburg will be packed with Visitors-
According to the official program
the exercises will start on the site or
| the old House of Burgesses. at the
| east end OF Duke OF Gloucester street
| From there they will be shifted 10 tne
| area between the wings OF the SIR
| Christopher Wren Hall of the College
of William and Mary, noted as the
Oldest academic building in this coun-
| fry. Duke of Gloucester street Is rlcn
| i'm colonial history, having been the
| scene Of much pomp ana paSeaht.H
| The business houses and other bullo.
| inss on this quaint thoroughfare VIII
! be decorated.
The presidential party will be met
| at the entrance to the college campus
by an academic procession. consisting
| III faculty and students, and Will then
march TO the rear OF the main building
of the college. where he will deliver
his address.
One Of the features incident to the
celebration will be the tollfng or the
hell Of Old Bruton Church which Will
ring as II did 80 years ago. when 1t
announced to colonial Williamsburg
that the Virginia convention had taken
it's first definite steps toward 1nde'
pendence. The college and other town
bells will join in this part OF the ex-
ercises
Special Edition Of Paper.
Another interesting feature will he
the printing of special edltlon OF
the Gazette. which famous OLD news-
ma per on May Il. 1916, told the colon
! lists Of the action OF the Virginia con
! vention.
The Virginia resolutions were pro
rosed hy Thomas Nelson. and were
| The result Of the combined authorship
! rf Patrick Henry, Edmund Pendeiton
and Meriwether Smith. They were
championed in the convention by Pat
| rick Henry and other patriots.
! II was Richard Henry Lee, one or
| vireinia's representatives in the Con
! tinenta, Congress. following instruc.
lions LAID down by the resolutions OF
the Virginia convention, who proposed
| 10 the Continental Congress the reso-
| Iutions of independence. Some author
tiles contend that inasmuch as Lee 8
resolution was adopted finally on July
! ?. the people of the nited states
shouId celebrate that day as lnde-
pendence day. instead or July =.
re- ;roportant incidents OF early