Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-04
PATRIOTS IN LINE
AT TAKOMA PARK
Residents Stage Elaborate
independence Day CeIebra-
ton; Fireworks In Schedule.

The citizens of Takoma Park today
are participating in a mammoth COM
munity celebration of independence day.
A feature this morning was a pageant
parade followed by patriotic exercises.
| This afternoon the program includes
athletic events on the District play
grounds, at Fourth and Whittier streets;
double-header base ball game between
the Takoma Tigers and Silver Spring
teams, water battle between members
of the Takoma Park Volunteer Fire De-
psrtment, concluding tonight with q
display of fireworks on the Takoma
Park, Md, municipal Fairgrounds,
Maple and Philadelphia avenues.
Parade Starts at $50 AM.
The pageant-parade started this
morning at $50 o'clock from the inter-
section of Carroll and Denwood avenues,
diSbanding at the Takoma, D. c., public
school grounds. Heading the parade
was an escort OF mounted police. fol-
lowed by the United States Army Band
the National colors, with color guard
detachment from Walter Reed Hospital;
Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, General Cele-
bration Committee and then the array
Of floats.
The 81 floats in the parade depicted
various important historic events in the
history of this country.
The children's escort to facsimile Of
Declaration of independence" the
Takoma Park Volunteer Fire Depart
ment and the Takoma Tigers base ball
team followed the last unit.
Victory Post Drum and Bugle Corps
of the Department of the District Of
Columbia, the American Legion and
the Review and Herald Bands partici-
pated In the parade In addition TO the
United States Army Band.
Patriotic Exercises Outlined.
At 1890 o'clock patriotic exercises
were held on the ground of Takoma
Park Trinity Episcopal Church, Piney
Branch road and Dahlia street, DR..
Horace w. Whitaker, general chair
man of the community celebration, call
ing the meeting to order and introduce
ing Mayor Ben @. Davis Of Takoma
Park, Md, chairman of the exercises.
The program included selections by
the United States Army Band, solos by
Miss Dorothy Skinner, solos by c. VIII
fred Smith, address by Rev. r. Paul
Schearrer, pastor Of the Takoma Park
Presbyterian Church, concluding with
The Star Spangled Banner" by the
Army Band and the assemblage sing
ing. The invocation was pronounced
by Rev. William E. La Rue, pastor of
the Takoma Park Baptist Church, and
the benediction by Rev. B. F. Bryan,
pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist
Church.
Assembly" was sounded by the Vic
tory Drum and Bugle Corps at 1:15
o'clock, marching to the Whittier Street
Fairgrounds, where an exhibition drill
was staged.
Evening Star Awards Distributed.
Later was to come the finish Of the
modified marathon there and the pres
entation of awards offered by The Eve
ming Star Next on the program was
an exhibition tennis match and the
Children's field meet.
The Takoma Tigers and Silver Spring
clubs will cross bats in a double header
on the District Line diamond at 4:3O
o'clock. At the same hour the mem
bers of the Takoma Park Volunteer
Fire Department will battle for honors
in a water battle. At 8 o'clock the an
nual display Of fireworks will take place
on the Takoma Park municipal play-
grounds, Maple and Philadelphia ave-
nues. The display will consist of 80 set
pieces, concluding with eight electric
| curtains and 240 bombs all discharged
simultaneously. In the event of rain
the display will occur the first clear
evening.