Evening star., 1932-01-10

in the Monument GrOunQs, May 49, d.
4 pm. The exercises, in which re-
ligiouS, military and patriotic elements
| win be blended, will be carried Gus
under field conditions.
June Il. the anniversary of the adop-
| ton of the Stars and Stripes as the
national standard by the Continental
Congress in 1777, will be marked by a
fitting Flag day celebration. There will
| be a great flag procession in the eve
ming through Constitution snd Pennsyl-
vania avenues to the east front of the
Capitol
Specially invited guests on this day
will be President Hoover and his cab
met, the justices of the Supreme Court
of the United States, the diplomatic
corps. members of the Senate and
House of Representatives, and other
notable personages.
Participating in the procession and IN
the pageant and grand review in the
Capitol Plaza will be floats and march
ing unts from most Of the States Of
the Union. The various State dele
cations will carry their flags and, IN
addition, some of the most notable flags
which have figured in the national his
tory will be given places Of honor.
Units representing various national
groups will participate and carry the
flags of the nations of their origin.
1t is planned to unfold through this
spectacle the story of the flag as it
is bound up in the evolution OF the
Nation. A eliminating feature Will be
the massing of all the standards IN the
procession, in the ceremonies In front
of the Capitol.
The George Washington pageant
play, THE Great American" covering
: 1, fn DE- will he
enacted in the Monument Grounds,
with 5000 persons participating, as well
as the Bicentennial chorus of 1000
voices. The scenario consists Of pro-
logue, six actions, and an epilogue.
The actions delineate Washington as
surveyor, frontiersman, legislator, com
mander in chief, statesman, and the
man at Mount Vernon. This pageant
was prepared by the United States
George Washington Bicentennial Com
mission ito be enacted by the people
of the United States" during the b.
centennial year.
Percy j. Burrell, of the staff of the
United States Commission, and Marie
Moore Forrest, director OF plays ana
pageants for the District OF Columbia
Commission, will be in charge OF the
production.
Federation TO Be in Charge.
Under the plans of the program, July
4 will be made an old-fashioned lnoe-
pendence day celebration and home
coming day, distinctly local In char-
acter, with a program calculated TO
appeal to local sentiment and to make
old-tlme residents desire to return TO
the old-home environment for family
reunions. 1t will be arranged by the
Federation of Citizens Associations OF
the District of Columbia under the
leadership of a central committee com
posed of representatives OF each OF tne
many associations OF citizens.
August 10 has been designated Boys
and Girls day, when a program for
juveniles will be given, emphasizing ac-
t1vities of the younger generation.
The date for this event comedies with
a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts
of America, who are expected to take
part in the exercises. The Girl Scouts
also will participate, together with the
other boys and girls organizations. A
colorful feature of the program will be
a pageant by the Boy Scouts. In the
afternoon there will be pill
grimage of these young folks to
Mount Vernon, while the day Will be
brought to a close with exercises in the
Sylvan Theater at the foot Of the Wash
ington Monument.
The annual Labor day parade OF the
District Fire Department will be re-
organized into mammoth parade and
pageant as a distinctive contribution to
the George Washington Bicentennial,
under plans of the Bicentennial Com
mission. committe is being organized
to cooperate with the flremen in this
event.
One of the outstanding events in
Washington during the Bicentennial
Celebration will be the visit in Septem-
Der of 1900 French veterans Of the
World War. They are coming as guests
of the United States Government and
of the American Legion, upon invita-
tions extended through the French gov
ernment by President Hoover and by
Henry L. Stevens, jr., national COM
mander of the American Legion. The
District Bicentennial Commission Is CO.
operating with the American Legion in
arranging for their proper reception and
for a program of entertainment for
them while they are in the National
Capital.
The French veterans have not sig
nified the time of their arrival, but it
is expected it will be after the national
GOllNCllblOAl VI IIlC AISd1l DC61OllJ
which will be held in Portland, Greg,
September IL to Is. A grand parade
in honor of the visiting "poilus" will be
one of the spectacular events. 1t is
being arranged by Mai Gen. Anton
Stephan as chairman Of parades for
the District Bicentennial Commission.
Congress has authorized the expendi-
ture of $4,000 in the entertainment of
the French visitors. The hospitality
to be extended will reciprocate the elab-
crate entertainment provided by the
French government when American
Legionnaires visited Paris in 1927.
Events being arranged include a garden
party at the White House, dinner by
the Secretary of State, dinner given
jointly by the Secretary of War and
the Secretary of the Navy, and a grand
ball. Then there will be pilgrimages to
Mount Vernon and to the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier IN Arlington Gene
terry.
Legion VIII Cooperate.
The Armistice day ceremonies this
year will be linked with the Bicenten-
NAL program also. The day will be
marked by the rededication of the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington
Cemetery, by which time the white
marble memorial to be placed over the
Tomb will have been completed. This
program will be participated in by high
officials of this country and members of
the diplomatic corps, under the leader
ship of the American Legion.
The American Legion at its Detroit
convention in 1881 adopted resolu-
ton instructing its national command
er ito appoint national committee to
cooperate with the War Department
and the George Washington Bicenten-
nial Commission in arrangements for
national Armistice day program in
our National Capital on November IL,
1882, the climax of which will be the
rededication of the Tomb Of the Un-
known Soldier by ceremonies in. which
all departments Of the American Legion
will be invited to participate"
This event is expected to inspire pill
| grimageS of American legionnaireS to