New Britain herald., 1927-06-11

Washington, June II P-The pro- gram of Washington's welcome to Colonel Lindbergh today follows:
 Il a. m.-Arrival of the U. S. S. Memphis off navy yard and meeting with mother, Mrs Evangeline Lind bergh.
 12 noon-Landing and greeting by reception committee.
 the capitol and up Pennsylvania avenue to Washington monument grounds.
 p. m.-Presentation to President Coolidge and decoration with dis tinguished flying cross.
 2:30 p. m.-Fireworks display and departure to temporary White House on DuPont Circle.
 dinner.
 S:45 l m.-Reception by Minne- sota state society.
 9:45 p. m.-Reception by the Ma tional Press club.
 1l:30 p. m.-Return to White House for the night. 5OO,UUU to Greet Him Charles A. Lindbergh came home today from his great adventure in the air to receive from his fellow countrymen full homage and from President Coolidge an official well come and the distinguished flying cross.
 Half million people in the na- tons capital did him honor in the greatest reception any individual, whether king, conque.ing hero or private citizen, ever has received in the century and more of Washing | tons history.
 Sharing glory with her illustrous son was Mrs. Evangeline L. Lind bergh. modest Detroit school teach CT, who awakened today after a night under the roof of the tenn porary White House as the guest Of the President and Mrs. Coolidge, where ndbergh too. will make his home during his 45 hours in the capital.
 | Honors While on Boat While the official reception await ed him on shore. ths caring eagle who braved the periis of the air above the Atlantic to make the first New York to Paris flight was given l full honors long before his ship the scout cruiser Memphis, found her way through great fleet of vel coming private and official craft on the Potomac.
 Celebration Of his home coming began ere the Memphis had sighted ' home shores as seapllnes thundered | their way to sea 10 give the aviator the tiers' welcome. Again at the Virginia capes more planes and many surface craft greeted him. waving their welcomes. i Although the world hero had re- 1 tired when the Memphis anchored for the night at Pinoy Point, Mary \ land. near the mouth of the Po- ! tomac, the citizenry there lit bon fires in Lindbergh's honor and circled around the cruiser in motor boats while they staged an im- ] promptu, but enthusiastic serenade. With the coming of daylight, the Memphis weighed anchor and be- gan the last lap of the long voyage from France to the navy yard here. l Nearly a hundred army, navy mariue corps, air mail and commercial planes soon picked her up and | formed an escort to Washington along with several army and navy l blimps.
 Planes Overhead | While overhead the airplanes' mo- i tors roared their noisy refrain and clrcled about high in the sky in formation, not dissimilar to those wild geese in flight, the Memphis with her famous passenger ran al slow speed, picking her way care fully up the narrow channel of the 1 river.
 With his aerial escort, forming one i Of the largest aircraft concentra- | tions of American aviation history and because of a living mans love for display Of air prowess, Colonel | Lindbergh was keenly interested in the planes maneuvers, probably con- trastlng in his mind the difference between the host of airplanes over- head with his lone single handed "hop-off'' three weeks ago today across the ocean.
 The airplanes flew at stipulated attitudes to prevent accidents, the civilian machines occupying the air stratum between l.oUO and 1000 feet while the army and navy planes flew above 2.o00 feet
 Colonel Lindbersh's sole task for his reception on land was to attire himself in the uniform of the Mis- souri National Guard with the spread eagles of a colonelcy the rank to which he was promoted by the admiring state from captain after his flight. In his receptions ir three great European capitals o, Paris, London and Brussels, the aviator had worn civilian multi.
 To Meet Mother
 The first and fitting welcome fol the hero aviator-the kiss of a prout mOther-is to coma wbap tbo Nfor phis completes her task of bring
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