Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-04
800 CHILDREN Join
PETWORTH PARADE
patriotic Exercises Include
Drills, Pageant, Singing
and Flag Raising.

petworth celebrated Independence
day with its annual costumed parade
I'm which 500 children took part, fol-
lowed by patriotic exercises. including
drills, a pageant and singing climaXed
by an artillery salute and the raising
of the flag.
Leaving Seventh and Taylor streets,
the parade, led by a police escort and
an automobile in which rode the
Judges, moved through Varnum street
TO Grant Circle out Illinois avenue to
sherman Circle and around that cir
Gle to a platform on which the maj
exercises were conducted. Mounted
on the crest of a hill that overtopped
the rest of Washington the CAV cos
tunes of the marchers ana those OIL
the participants in the pageant pre-
scented a colorful picture in the bright
sun beneath the cloudless blue sky.
Following the judges marched the
Petworth Citizens Association, under
whose auspices the parade and eXer.
cises were held. Then came guard
of honor of the Wallace Memorial
Sunday School accompanying the
American Flag. The Boys hide
pendent Band in their glistening scar
let uniforms followed the flag and set
the cadence for the marchers who
followed.
Sunday School Wins Prize.
One of the most colorful sections
in the line of march and that when
was adjudged best and awarded the
first prize of SO was the Pillars OF
the State" presented by the Wallace
Memorial United Presbyterian Church
Sunday School, under the leadership
OF Mrs. J. L. Marshall. There We're
80 or more children in the section,
forming large rectangle and IN
closed with q bunting garland. The
Pillars" were represented by the older
children, who took the part of Miss
Columbia, the college graduate,
branches of the defense service and
the police.
The group adjudged winner of sec
ond prize, SIS, was THE Eastern Star"
ter, No. 81, o. E. S., led by Mrs. A. G.
Norcross The center OF the group
was composed of a large star car
ried at the points by the women of
the lodge. In an aperture in the GEN.
ter of the vast star marched Mrs.
Ida j. Jones, matron of the ledge. and
Joseph Carr. patron.
The children of ST. Gabriers Sun.
day school under Oliver Veihmeyer.
were awarded five gallons or ice
cream by the jury for their part in the
parade. Costumed in white, the boys
and girls of the Sunday school ranged
from three years of age to twelve.
Woman's Club Carries Flag.
The Petworth Woman's Club, led
by Mrs. j. III. Robinson, was awarded
a prize of $3.50 for its presentation
of large American flag carried ex-
tended by the women of the club
throughout the entire march.
Other sections of the parade in
cluded Spanish War Veterans, under
B. r. Motley, commander; the Indian
War Veterans, under l.. +. Bendixen,
commander, and the Army and Navy
Union, under Mr.. Campbell, command
err Other pedestrian" floats included
the MacFarland Junior High School
Liberty Bell led by Miss c. e. Toner:
the Spirit of '76, by the Petworth
School. headed by E. H. Haycraft, and
the Preacher. Patriot of the Revolu-
ton, presented by the Zion Lutheran
Church WaWa-See Camp of the
Camp Fire Girls, led by Mrs. L. II.
Dewey. all in the costume of Indian
maidens, were another attractive fea-
ture in the parade.