The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-03
TO
TELL "STORY
OF AMERICA"
Pageant to Be Given on
Capitol Steps as Sesqui-.
centennial Celebration

Officials OF the National and city
Government, members OF the 1lpio.
matte corps, Senators and Mem
bers of Congress. and prominent
Washingtonians will attend the Of
fetal ceremonies at the east front
of the Capitol on Monday night as
guests OF the committee on ar.
engagements, Of which Edgar g.
Snyder is chairman, having been
appointed by the Board OF COM
missioners to arrange for the cels..
bration here Of the one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary Of American
independence.
The District OF Columbia chapters
OF the Daughters Of the American
Revolution, Sons of the American
Revolution, and Children Of the
American Revolution win present
scenes of historic interest and i'm.
portance in the STORY of America
pageant to. be given on this occa-
sion
The Sons will be seen in the
signing OF the Declaration of lnde-
pendence, with Arthur d. Call as
Thomas Jefferson, Col. Alonzo Gray
as James Madison, S. S. Williamson
as James Monroe and other mem
bers appearing as prominent Amerl-
can statesmen. The Daughters VIII
appear in the scene Of General
Washington resigning his commits
sion to the Continental Congress,
which Is being given by the Sons
and by the Minute Men, with Col.
M. IA. Winter as George Washing.
ton and Maj. Ralph Cease as Gem
eral Mifflin, Mrs. Cary H. Brown,
wife OF Major Brown, q. s. A.. OF.
the office Of public buildings and
public parks OF the National Capt.
tai, win appear as Mrs. Washington
in this scene Mrs. Charles j. New
hard, vice regent Little John Boy
den Chapter, Is chairman for the
Daughters. and Col. AIonzo Gray
for the Sons.
The CAPITAL Society and the Gov.
Thomas Welles Society Of the G..
A. r., under. the direction of Mrs.
Henry Fenno SawtelIe and Mrs.
Clayton e. Emig. will present THE
Early Presidents and Their Fami.
lies. Elizabeth Washington, daugh-
ter of Thomas Washington, and
niece of the President, was a great
belle and a friend of Martha JEFF
ferson Randolph: the former will
be represented by Miss Virginia
Boyd, her great-greatgrandd augh
ter, who will wear her ancestors
dress, and the latter by Miss Ger
trude Hunter. with Perry Doing
as little James Madison
Randolph, the first child born in
the White House.
President John Adams and his
wife, Abigail, and Susanna Adams,
their grandchild, will be played by
Eugene HawIey, Cary AaI, and
Adelaide Beard; President James
Madison, Dolly Madison. and the
child of the latter by Edgar L.
Thompson, Mary Margaret Henry
Monroe, Mrs. Monroe and their
daughter, Maria Hester will be
played by John Wackerman, Jane
Duval and Louise Sladen. with
Daniel Wackerman as Lawrence
GouRerneur, whose wedding to
Maria Hester Monroe followed the
after its destruction by the British.
President John Quincy Adams
and Mrs. Adams, John Quincy
Adams, jr., and his wife, Helen
Jackson, and George Washington
Adams, will be presented by Rich
ard Reidel, Nellie Moore, Robert
Dove, Amalie Walker and Richard
Reinof1l. President Andrew jack
son will be unprecedented by Francis
Hoffheins, and the ladies of his
household by Virginia Alexander,
Sydney Alexander and Virginia
Thompson; Andrew Jackson, jr., by
William Dunno, and the Presidents
grandchildren by Mary Scott, Elgin
Scott, Virginia Scott, Marguerite
Eli-@beth Cockerille, Helen Affleck
and Belle Morgan Van Hoesen.
The administration of President
Martin Van Buren, will be repre-
sented by Nesbitt Morrison as the
President, Elizabeth Ward as An
geline Singleton who married the