Milford chronicle., 1931-06-26
WONDERFULLY
WORKS TOBE
GIVEN ON JULY 4
At Washington, d. c., I'm
der Government Control.
Large Sum Invested.

The most elaborate fireworks eel
ebration in the history of the Ma
tional Capital will be presented this
year ON the afternoon and evening
of July 4. Twenty thousand dollars
will be the sum invested in the pa
triotic pyrotechnic show.
Sylvan Theater in its beautiful ma
tural setting of the Washington
Monument grounds will be the scene
of the display. The pageant will be
open to all who may wish to observe
it and since it will be largely aerial
it will be visible from any vantage
point and therefore the discomfort
and inconvenience of Crowding and
traffic jams will be easily avOidable.
In fact the grounds around Lincoln
Memorial will be a good place to be
for there not only may the fire
works be enjoyed but also the re-
Elections in Mirror Lake will be
worth seeing.
Following the address in the eve
ming at o'clock by nationally
known orator, the two hour program
of the lighting of the skies will be-
gin with twelve exceptionally large
set pieces, placed high and easily
visible. The first will be a reproduce
tion of the flag with a picture of
George Washington. Another of the
twelve will be the Battle of Chateau
Thierry. The din Of the machine
cunning and cannOnading will be-
come real once more and the illum-
ination will form a reproduction of
the field of conflict.
Next on the schedule will come
three hundred aerial bombs which
will be characterized by their beauty
and wonder rather than by noise.
The setting off of these bombs will
involve breaks and re-breaks and
the total number of separate dis
plays on this number of the program
alone will be 5000.
The Grand Finale will be four
hundred and fifty multi-breaking
shells. Each shell will break from
three to ten times representing a |
total of 5000 breaks or explosions.
A part of the grand finale also will |
be a set piece eighteen feet square |
entitled Daylight at Night" The /
stately monument and all the !
grounds around it will be illuminat- !
ed with a daylight effect.
But the evening celebration is not !
ALL
The afternoon, too, will be filled F.
with events of unusual interest. Just
before the speaking begins twelve
explosive pieces will be sent into
the air with a parachute attached.
When the parachutes are released
there will be gigantic pictures
against the sky of Uncle Sam, the
Stars and Stripes, and other repro
ductions that will interest old and
young.
In the afternoon also there will be
a cOlorful canoe regatta in Tidal
Basin near the Monument Grounds
with representatives of the Old Do
minion Boat Club of Alexandria, the
Washington Canoe Club, the Syca-
more Island Canoe Club and many
boats from the individual camps
along the Potomac.
The entire month of July follow
ing the fourth will be one of out
door activity in Washington. The
Washington base ball team will be
at home throughout the month, and
a half dozen tennis contests includ-
ing that between the Army and
Navy teams will be played off.
The District tennis championships
will begin July and will be open
to any amateur tennis player in the
country. The first three rounds will ;
be played in the public parks and
the finals at one of the country ,
clubs. The public parks champion
ship tennis games will begin on July i
IL, and will continue until July IS
with two hundred players. These I
will be payed at the Sixteenth Street I
Reservoir courts, Potomac Park :
courts, Henry Park courts and Mon ,
ument Park courts. On July Is the !
Army and Navy tennis teams will
bave it out at the Chevy Chase Club. 6
This event usually is attended by the :
Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary !
Ot War and other dignitaries. And it +
may be seen by any who desire to r
look. The Women's District of Col !,
lmbia Championship games will be +
played July 81 to 81 at the Columbia y
Country Club. There will be fifty u
entries. .
Continuously during the months
If July and August there will be n
music every evening in the public h
parks, at the Capitol building and u
n Sylvan Theater by the three great q
military bands-the Marine Band, h
he U. S. Army Band and the u. S. "
Navy Band. 7
Plans for the Fourth of July ceIe- II
'rations and other summer events I,
re in the hands of w. e. Johnson, Il
Hartman of the Committee on Car .
ivals and Athletics and Miss Sibyl r
'aker, director of outdoor recrea- h
ion for the district. 81
UNION n
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