Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
FLYER TO ATTEND
BIG FLAG SERVICE
Hughes to Give Cross of
Honor to Lindbergh on
Capitol Steps.

Added honors will be accorded Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, official guest of
Washington and the Nation, this
afternoon, when the conqueror OF the
Atlantic will receive from the hands
Of former Secretary of State Charles
Evans Hughes, the Cross of Honor of
the United States Flag Association.
to be presented to the intrepid flyer
at vesper services at $3.50 o'clock on
the west steps of the Capitol in COM
memeration Of the 150th anniversary
OF the adoption of the flag OF the
United States. The service is spon'
sored by the United States Flag AS
ISOLATION, of which President Coolidge
is honorary president, with the CO.
operation of Washington Lodge, No.
IS, B. P. o. Elks. The services will
consist of musical numbers by the
Marine Band. singing by a choir OF
/ 1000 voices, solos, numbers by the
drum and bugle corps OF Costello
Post, American Legion, and addresses
by prominent men in public life.
Special arrangements have beer
made by the Capitol police to handle
the throng expected to attend:
limited number of automobiles, bear,
ing the windshield sticker provided
by the flag association. will be ad.
mitted to the grounds. Holders OF
reserved steats will enter the grounds
from the north driveway, park in the
designated safety zone, enter the Cap
itol through the Supreme Court libra
ry door, and pass through to the west
front.
Program of Service.
Senator Royal s. Copeland of New
York will introduce Col. James A. Moss,
director general Of the United States
Flag Association. who will deliver an
address on 1.-THE Religion of the Flag
The Marine Band. led by Capt. Taylor
Branson, will play patriotic and re-
ligious airs from $3.50 to 5 o'clock.
and starting at o'clock the services
will open with the singing OF GOD OF
Our Fathers" by a chorus OF 1000
voices, led by Miss Virginia Williams.
The invocation will be pronounced by
Monsignor c. f.. Thomas, pastor OF
st. Patriek's Church.
Master Theodore Tiller will recite
1.-The Spirit Of This Flag Service"
The standing audience will be led In
a pledge of allegiance to the flag by
Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt, AS
sistant Attorney General of the
United States, and Rabbi Abram
Simon, chairman of the Council Of
American Synagegues, will read pas
sages from the Scriptures. Negro
spirituelles by the choir will be fol-
lowed by the flag ritual of the Elks,
consisting of an Introductory service
Lodge. No. Is.
Pilgrimage to Tomb.
Singing of THE Battle Hymn of
the Republic" will introduce a novel
feature. Miss Estelle Wentworth of
Washington will recite the words of
the verses and will then lead in sing.
ing the chorus, to be joined by the
audience. The benedietion will be
pronounced by Rev. Frederick Brown
Harris, president of the. Washington
Federation of Churches.
The National League of American
Pen Women will celebrate the 150th
anniversary of the adoption OF the
flag by the Continental Congress on
June IL, 1777, with a pilgrimage of
members to the tomb Of George Wash
ington at Mount Vernon where a flag
will be placed in honor of Mary Ball
Washington, mother of the First
President.
The flag was obtained in Fredericks-
burg, Va, where Mrs. Washington's
grave is located, and is the one used
earlier In the year when Mrs. Charles
Fisher Taylor. national custodian of
flags of the league, paid tribute at
her grave. The ceremony Tuesday
will include remarks by Mrs. Grace
Thompson Seton, national president
of the league. and DR.. A. Maris Boggs.
president Of the District of Columbia
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