Evening star., 1932-06-06
Vast Patriotic Demonstration
Will Honor Washington
and "0Id Glory"
PRESIDENT is EXPECTED
TO REVIEW MARCHERS
Service Bands Included Among 20
or 30 to Be in Parade-States
Entering Floats.

Washington and in tribute to the Stars
and Stripes, is being planned by the
United States and District Of Columbia
Bicentennial Commission for Flag day,
Tuesday, June II.
Unlike any of the other Bicentennial
parades that have taken place thus far
during the 1882 celebration Of the birth
OF George Washington. the Flag day
pageant and parade will be held in the
evening. commencing at 7 o'clock.
The long marching column, including
units representing military organiza-
tions. veteran, patriotic and civic
groups, State societies, foreign Amer
lean bodies, and others, will form at
Seventeenth street and Constitution
avenue and proceed to the Capitol
grounds by way Of Constitution avenue,
Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue..
Hoover 10 Review Marchers.
President Hoover is expected to be in
the reviewing stand on the Capitol
Plaza when the procession reaches that
point at 8 o'clock.
cluded in the procession led by the
service bands of the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps. The United States En-
gineers Band, from Fort Humphreys,
the United States Cavalry Band from
Fort Myer and the United States Band
OF Marines from Quantico, Va, also will
take part.
The place OF honor among State
noatS will go to one entered by the
District Bicentennial Commission and
depicting LEnfant laying out the Cap
ital City. Other historic floats will be
Paul Revere and the Minute Men at
Lexington, entered by Massachusetts,;
Washington crossing the Delaware,
New Jersey; Mecklenburg Declaration
Of Independence and Birth of Virginia
Dare, North Carolina; Mount Vernon,
South Carolina; the Virginia Presi-
dents, Virginia, and the Ohio Presi-
dents, Ohio.
Other States Plan Floats.
Other State societies which have
entered floats so far are Alabama, Ari-
zona, California, Indiana, Kansas,
Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Ne
vada. New Mexico, North Dakota, Okla
homa. Vermont and Washington State.
Maryland will be represented by %
decorated automobiles symbolic of her
counties. The line will be headed by
Gov. Richie and other prominent
Marylanders.
The Philippine Islands and the Fill
pino Club Of Washington will be repre-
sented by float and a marching unit.
Marching units and flcats are being
added daily to the list of participants
in the nag procession. and it Is expected
that most Of the State societies in the
Capital will enter contingents in the
parade. Many of these groups are pre-
pairing elaborate floats depicting the
history OF the United States and of "Old
Glcry."
Brig. Gen. Perry L. Miles will be
grand marshal of the parade. His
aides will be Lieut.. Col. James M,
Lockett and Capt. Horace Smith. Mill
tary units to march in the procession
include the I'd Squadron. Sd Cavalry,
from Fort Myer, commanded by Maj.
alexander Surles, accompanied by the
Fort Myer Band; Sd battalion, 18th In
fantry, from Fort Washington, COM
manded by Lieut.. Col. Louis Kunzig;
color guard from the United States
Army headquarters company here, and
detachments from the Navy and Ma
rine Corps.
Guards TO Have Big Part.
The District National Guard Is to
have a large part in the parade, and
the District of Columbia Department
OF the American Legion will have 1,500
uniformed marchers in the column.
Other patriotic and faternal groups
planning to participate include the
Grand Army of the Republic, National
Women's Relief Corps, Military Order
OF the World War, Society of the War
OF 1872, District Department of Dis
abled American Veterans of the World
War. Camp I'll Of the United Confed-
crate Veterans. 81st Wildcat Division
ana James Reese Europe Post, No. S, Of
the American Legion.
Other organizations to be- included IN
tne Flag day tribute are the American
Women's Legion, Military Training
Camps Association of the United States;
Department of the Potomac, Women's
Relief Corps; Eva Allensworth Auxiliary,
NO. 2, United Spanish War Veterans;
Department Of the District Of Columbia
auxiliary, United Spanish War Veterans;
Sons and Daughters Of the Republic,
y. A. r., Society Of Sponsors Of the
United States Navy, United Daughters
OF the Confederacy, Washington Post,
Society Of American Military Engineers;
Service Star Legion, Navy League Of
the United States, Ladies' Auxiliary to
the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Abraham
Lincoln Circle, No. 3, Ladies OF the
G. A. r.; American Gold Star Mothers,
american Red Cross. Children of the
american Revolution, Daughters of
IInf0n Voforo of ho r{1yil vUar Ar.
Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, No. l,
Daughters of American Colonists: Bethel
No. l, Jobs Daughters; the National
Society Of Patriotic Builders. the o. P.
Morton Post, Women,s Relief Corps No.
!, and Women's Overseas Service
League.
Civic Groups Join.
Among the civic organizations to take
part will be the Daughters Of America,
Sons and Daughters Of Liberty, General
Federation Of Women's Clubs, Southeast
Civic League, Girl Scouts Of the District
OF Columbia, Association Of Oldest
Inhabitants, National League Of Amer
ican Pen Women, District of Columbia
Council. Boy Scouts of America, Amer
lean Order of Pioneers and Boone
Family Association Washington, D. c.,
Lodge No. Is, B. P. o. Elks, and others.
Many organizations will have historic
floats with their units.
"A meeting Of representatives of all
organizations expecting to take part In
the parade and pageant has been called
for tomorrow afternoon at 3 O'Clock at
the headquarters Of the District Bicen-
tennial Commission in the National
Press Building by DR.. George G. Haven
ner, executive vice president Of the
commission. The meeting, DR.. Haven
ner said, Is for the purpose Of COM
pletins hnal arrangements for the Flag