Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11
POMP WILL MARK
YORKTOWN OPENING.
Ceremonies to Recall Final
Events OF Revolution Next
Friday.

NItIlCl anu kAIIlSllS dIi NS11 SIlipo WILL
be gathered in the peaceful York River,
where the fighting ships of another day
once rode. and on the historic York
town battlefield 5000 soldiers of today
will be deployed where $50 years ago
CORVALLIS brought to an end seven
years of warfare by surrendering his
sword to George Washington.
Ray Lyman Wilbur, Interior Secre-
tary, will open the sesquicentennial cele-
bration Friday in the presence of Mar
shall Henri Petain and Gen. John J.
of the two countries which fought
shoulder to shoulder to create the
United States a century and half
ago. 1t is anticipated that 100000
spectators will gather to witness the
four days of pageantry which have
been arranged to celebrate one of the
outstanding events in American history.
Monument to Be Dedicated.
The Colonial National Monument
which includes the Yorktown battle
field part of ancient Williamsburg, first
capitol of Virginia, and part of James,
town Island. scene of the first settle
ment IN Virginia. will be dedicated as
a part of the sesquicentennial. Crea-
ton of this monument has cost $500 600,
and about 1000 acres of the battle
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buildings in that area have been ac-
quired. The Colonial National Monu-
ment will become part of the National
Park Service, to be administered by the
Interior Department.
Fridays program is to begin early, a
concert by the United States Coast
Guard band having been scheduled for
the hour from 8 to 10 o'clock. at York
town, to be followed by the dedication
ef a memorial by the Virginia Sesqui-
centennial Commission as a testimonial
Of the affection of Virginia for the
mother country. The memorial will
be presented by Gov. John Garland
Pollard of Virginia.
This will be followed by the unwilling
by Mrs. George D. Chenoweth of York
town, of tablet in honor of Baron
GaSp3rd de Gallatin, an officer of the
Swiss Guard of Louis XVI in the
Grenadier company of the Royal Deux-
Fonts Regiment in Rochambeaus first
brigade, presented by Maj. William E.
Jesse of Torrington, Conn. to the
Daughters Of the American Revolution
of Virginia.
Bingham to Give Address.
The address at the Yorktown open
ing services will be delivered by Senator
Hiram Bingham of Connecticut.
The opening exercises at the battle
held area will begin at 1920 Friday
with a concert by the United States
Army Band. followed by the dedication
of the Colonial National Monument,
Horace M. Albright. director of the
National Park Service. presiding An
invocation will be delivered by Rev.
Edwin T. Wexford. pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church Of Newport News
The address will be by Secretary Will
bur
At 11:15 Friday morning Senator
Claude A. Swanson. chairman of the
United States Yorktown Sesquicen-
ter1H1ial Commission. and members of
tbs commission will welcome the gov
errors of the Is original States. At
noon Marshal Petain. chief of the spe-
cial French delegation. and other
European guests will arrive and be
received.
The official luncheon of the COM
nonwealth Of Virginia to its dis
tinguished guests will be given on the
assembly grounds at 1890 pm. Friday,
Gov Pollard presiding There will be
music by the Navy Band Orchestra.
A concert by the Marine Band will
precede the afternoon exercises. begin
ming at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon,
with an invocation by Right Rev
Harry st. George Tucker, Bishop of
Virginia. An address of welcome will
be delivered by Gov Pollard and ad-
Robert Luce of Massachusetts, and
John Stewart Bryan of Virginia.
Pageant to Recall Scene.
There will be a pageant depicting
scenes Of the history and character Of
the original colonies, beginning with
the landing at Jamestown. in 1907 and
closing with the signing of the Decla-
ration of Independence. This pageant
will be held on the pageant field from
3 80 to pm. Friday, with music by
the 18th Infantry and 18th Coast Ar
tilery Bands.
From to pm. Friday there will
be a military exhibition on the pageant
field. Detachments of the Bird Cavalry,
Fort Myer, will put on a lance drill,
tandem and CoSsack riding and other
exhibition drills. A special battery
drill will be shown by Battery A, 18th
Field Artillery. The 18th Coast Artil-
lery and Army Air Corps planes will
collaborate in a demonstration of anti
aircraft firing. Music will be provided
bys the 3rd Cavalry and 18th Coast Ar
tillery bands.
The program on Friday will close
with a concert by the Navy Band.
Saturday will be observed as Revolu-
tionary day, with the unwilling of
tablet at the old custom house in
honor of Comte de GraSse and the !
dedication of a memorial to mark the |
site CT the home Of Nicholas Martiau |
original patentee of Yorktown battle |
fleldeand the first American ancestor of
George Washington and Gov. Nelson.
S. A. R. Head to Speak.
The presentation address at the de |
Grasse tablet exercises will be made by |
Benjamin N. Johnson, president gen. |
eral, National Society, Sons Of the |
American Revolution, and the accept |
ance address by Mrs. George D. Cheno- |
weth on behalf of the Comte de GraSse
Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution of Virginia.
The Martiau memorial will be dedi-
c9Eu by the National Federation CT |
Hlguenot Societies, with addresses by |
SaAfhel Herrick. president general of |
me federation, and the Rev. John Baer |
Ffederick H. Payne. Secretary of |
Wsrt will be presiding officer at Satur-
dag sfncrning exercises at 1890 O'Clock, |
the aspeakers Of the morning being |
Gh5 Fershing and Marshal Petain.
At the afternoon exercises Charles /
Fratcis Adams, Secretary of the Navy,
will preside and will present European |
from or representing officers who served
at the siege of Yorktown. An address
wiz be made by Rear Admiral Wat |
GNer Cluverius, u. S. N.
MILITARY exhibitions and a pageant
depicting the planning and execution
ofNthe Yorktown campaign, including
preliminary battles, will be given Satur-
dag afternoon and evening.
Eext Sunday will be devoted to reli-
gial4s exercises. including Catholic
fed mass at $50 am and union serv-
ices at 1890. Three tablets will be
Dedicated in honor of French soldiers !