Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
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Idol Rides in Joyous Triumph
. Between TumuItuous Walls
of Humanity.

idol rode in Joyous triumph up Penn
sylvania avenue to the tumultuous
welcome of shrieking populace yes
terdav during one of the most spon.
taneous demonstrations ever ACCORDED
O returning hero in the history of the
Nations Capital.
To the thousands and thousands
who formed swerving walls OF hui
nantty along the route of the march
from the Navy Yard to the Monument
Grounds. where President Coolidge and
a mighty host had assembled to ac-
claim him, the unassuming 25-year'
old hero. clad in blue "civies," typi-
fed all that is best in the peace-time
spirit of America. He belonged to
the people. the mothers, fathers and
children who had waited so many
hours under a blazing sun to catch
fleeing glimpse of the famous Lind
bergh smile and the cheers OF thou
sands left no doubt on that score.
Beside him in the automobile in
which were also John Hays Hammond
and Maj. Alva Sandeford, military
aide. rode Lindberghs mother. Pride
glowed in her face as she glanced
from time to time to the rather seri-
GUS looking son at her right and wav.
ed greetings to the crowds on all
sides Hers was triumph which
any mother could envy yet which none
begrudged.
More Than 1O0,0 900 Visitors.
More than 10000 had come from
far and near outside Washington to
extend a welcome to the man whose
spectacular feat had captured the i'm
agination of the entire world. Few
indeed of Washington 100000 re-
NAMED away from the scenes of Lind
bergh's triumphant passage through
the city. It was a care.free, pushing,
impatient throng that waited the 20
minutes or more for the military units
to pass before catching glimpse Of
the man they had come to welcome.
Outside the Navy Yard, the tre-
mendous size of the crowd was APP
parent as the Lindbergh car, escorted
by the Presidents Own" cavalry
troop from Fort Myer, slowly wendell
it's way to the Capitol plaza, which
was choked to the point of suffoca-
ton. Ahead of the presidential car
conveying Col. Lindbergh and those
bea'1u9 the dignitaries of the recep-
tionkc0mmittee. including members of
the cabinet, Maj. Edwin 3. Hesse and
a GORDON of motor cycle police rode to
clear the way.
The unexpected approach of the
motor cars took the thousands as
sembled about the Peace Monument |
by surprise. Down the north side of |
Capitol Hill the line approached. An |
officer mounted the Peace Monument |
and signaled at 1926 o'clock almost a |
mile up the thoroughfare. Far up |
the Avenue, at about Twelfth street, |
a Marine officer with binoculars |
picked up the signal
Parade Carefully Timed.
Upon receiving the first signal. |
Big. Gen. S. D. Rockenbach, u. S.
A., marshal of the parade, passed the |
word to the waiting 1000 men, For
ward, march,
Without a falter or single check
to the carefully worked out plan of
march, the parade slowly made it's /
way up the broad avenue to the tune
Of martial airs. The time had been
so carefully planned that there was
hardly more than a two-minute wait
before the cavalry troop and car bear.
Ing Lindbergh formed behind the
in the line.
The main body stretched to less
than three blocks from the Treasury. |
Lined up in it, all told, were 1900 |
officers and men of the Army. Navy, |
Marine Corps and the District Ma |
tional Guard. It required about ~
minutes for the military units to pass, |
and at 1916 o'clock it was swinging |
around the bend at the Treasury to- |
ward the Monument Grounds.
Out to See 'Lindy."
Washington is accustomed to mill |
tary parades, perhaps more than any
other city in the country, and the
crowd Yesterday was out mainly 10
see "Lindy," as the name sounded on
countless lips. Nevertheless, the ap-
proach of Gen. Rockenbach, like a
courier OF long awaited news. was the
signal for an outburst that rlppled
and swelled along the Avenue. Blocks
away, near the Treasury, thousands
took up the cry. Here they come.
People forgot aching feet and tired
limbs to crowd and push and elbow
some more for points of vantage.
There were cheers for the soldierly-
looking Fort Myer contingents and
other cheers for the Marine Band and
the battalion of Quantico Marines in
their ''blues." But the contingent in
the military parade that made the hit
of the day was the three companies
of Uncle Sans naval boys. They had
discarded their bluejackets for white
duck, and as they swung along with
easy. businesslike strike the crowds
yelled their enthusiasm.
AS the naval units passed up the
Avenue to the waiting thousands be-
yond. the units of the District Ma
tional Guard brought up the rear of
the military parade. They are Wash
ington's own and were given a loyal
reception.
Impatiently Await Hero.
But the crowd, on tip-toe and elbow
ing, was impatiently awaiting the
hero of the day. He came, a clean
looking, smiling boy, who seemed TO
be wondering what it was all about,
but happy nevertheless. And beside
him sat the proudest mother in the
United States. What cheers had greet
ed the military units seemed faint and
distant murmurs compared with the
great roar that greeted his appear
ance. Hats and handkerchiefs were
waved frantically, people fought to
get to the front and cries of 'Lindy.
Iindy!!' rent the air and rolled up the
Avenue to be picked up by thousands
of others blocks away.
Seldom before in the history of
Washington has people who have
borne for years a reputation for be-
ing somewhat blase, given vent to
such spontaneous greeting. Col.
Lindbergh rode calmly through the
masses that swerved at the picket
lines strung along the street, his
face lighting up with pleasure as
some special incident caught his eye
He had been feted by vast crowds in
Paris and London, but these were
''hon1e folks" and there was no deny
ing the genuine appreciation that
eweiled in his heart.
Farther down the Avenue below
Ninth street the enthusiasm of the
crowd appeared more marked as the
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