Smyrna times., 1931-07-01
ELABORATE JULY 4TH AT
THE NATIONS CAPITAL
EFFORTS TO MAKE MORE
THAN USUAL NOTE OF EVENT

EFFORTS TO MAKE MORE
THAN USUAL NOTE OF EVENT
$4,000 Invested in Elaborate Fire
Works Display in Vicinity Wash
ington and Lincoln Monuments
The most elaborate fireworks
celebration in the history of the
National Capital will be presented
this year on the afternoon and ev-
ening of July 4. Twenty thous-
and dollars will be the sum invest
ed in the partriatic pyrotechnic
show. Sylvan Theatre in its beau
tiful natural setting of the Wash
ington 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 avoid
able In fact the grounds around
Lincoln Memorial will be a good
place to be for there not only may
the fireworks be enjoyed but also
the reflections in Mirror Lake will
be worth seeing. Following the
address in the evening at o'clock
by a nationally known orator, the
two hour program of the lighting
of the skies will begin with twelve
exceptionally large set pieces,
placed high and easily visible. The
first will be reproduction of the
flag with a picture of George
Washington. Another of the
twelve will be the Battle of Cha
teau Thierry. The din of the ma
chine cunning and cannonading
will become real once more and
the illumination will form a repro
duction 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 displays on this number
of the program alone will be 5000.
The Grand Finale will be four
hundred and fifty withdrawing
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 Illuminated with a daylight
effect. But the evening celebra-
tion is not all. The afternoon, too,
will be filled with events of unus-
ual interest. Just before the
speaking begins twelve explosive
pieces will be sent into the air
with parachute attached. When
the paarchutes are released there
will be gigantic pictures against
the sky of Uncle Sam, the Stars
and Stripes, and other reproduc-
tions that will interest old and
young. In the afternoon also
there will be a colorful canoe re-
gatta in Tidal Basin near the
Monument Grounds with repre-
sentatives of the Old Dominion
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 following the fourth
will be one of outdoor activity in
Washington. The Washington
baseball team will be at home
throughout the month, and half
dozen tennis contests including
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 coun-
try clubs. The public parks cham
pionship tennis games will begin
on July II, and will continue until
July 18 with two hundred players.
These will be played at the Six
teenth Street Reservoir courts,
Potomac Park courts, Henry Park
courts and Monument Park
courts. On July 18th the Army
and Navy tennis teams will have
it out at the Chevy Chase Club.
This event usually is attended by
the Secretary of the Navy, the
Secretary of War and other dig
nitaries. And it may be seen by
any who desire to look. The
Women's District of Columbia
Championship games will be play
ed July 81 to 81 at the Columbia
Country Club. There will be fifty
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