Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-12
CAPITAL: OBSERVES
LINCOLN BIRTHDAY
Two Services at Memorial
and Mass Meeting This
Evening Scheduled.

Washington and the Nation are pay
ing tribute to the memory OF Abraham
Lincoln today on the hundred and
eighteenth anniversary of his birth.
In the National Capital the observ-
ance took the form of two me-
mortal services at the Lincoln Me-
mortal in Potomac Park, a pilgrimage
Of Boy Scouts from New England to
the Emancipator's shrine here and a
mass meeting at the Willard Hotel
this evening under the auspices of the
League Of Republican Organizations
and various patriotic societies.
The silken chain of flags borne by
29 patriotic organizations cleaned
from the Lincoln Memorial shortly
after noon when the District of Col
umbla commandery of the Military
Order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States sponsored memorial ex-
ercises. which included the placing of
floral tributes at the base of the great
memorial by representatives of the
various organizations participating in
the ceremony.
Hailing Lincoln as man of destiny
who was called to save this Nation in
her supreme crisis, DIR. Thomas
Edward Green of the American Red
Cross delivered the memorial address.
DR.. Green quoted some of the char
acter-revealing utterances of Lincoln
and referred to him as one of the
great symbols of American democracy.
He closed his address with plea that
the people of this Nation carry out
his purposes that the government
of the people, by the people, for the
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Marine Band Plays.
The United States Marine Band
played patriotic airs and o. A. c.
Oehmler Officiated as chairman. Rev.
George S. Dudley, rector of st. Ste
phen's Episcopal Church, pronounced
the invocation and benediction was
given by Rev. William S. Abernethy.
pastor of Calvary Baptist Church. A
large crowd attended the exercises.
which were held on the east steps of
the Memorial facing the rejecting
pool.
Thirty Organizations Participate.
The organizations represented at
this service follow: American Red
Cross. American Women's Legion,
American War Mothers, Aztec Club of
1847, Boy Scouts of America, Caravan
Club, Chamber of Commerce, Colonial
Danes of America. Danes of the
Loyal Legion, Daughters Of the Amer
lean Revolution, Daughters of Union
Civil War Veterans, Federation of
Women's Club, Girl Scouts of Amer
lea, Grand Army of the Republic, Kali
lipolis Grotto, NJ. o. U. p. f. r.:
knights of Columbus, Ladies Of the
G. A. r., Abraham Lincoln Circle, No.
23.
Ladies of the G. A. r.. U. S. Grant
Circle, No. l; Military Order of For
eign Wars, Military Order of
the LOYAL Legion. Military Order of
the World War, the National Patriotic
Council. Naval and Military Order of
the Spanish-American War; Order of
indian Wars of the United States.
Sons OF the Revolution in the District
or Columbia, Sons of Union Veterans
or the Civil War, William 3. Gushing
Camp. No. 30. Maryland Division; Sons
or Union Veterans, Warren G.. Hard
ing Camp: Vaughn Bible Glass of Cal
vary Baptist Church and Women's
Relief Corps, Phil Sheridan Circle
No. 12.
Herbert Rufledge Presides.
William 3. Gushing Camp of the
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil
war. had charge of the second
services at the Lincoln Memorial.
beginning at O'Clock. The ladies'
auxiliary of the camp assisted in
the program. Herbert w. Rutledge,
camp patriotic instructor, presided