Evening star., 1933-05-27
|PLANS TO COLLECT
FLOWERS ARE MADE
Tributes for Soldier Graves
in Arlington Will Be As
sembed Monday.

Elaborate plans for collecting flower,
given by Washington school children
for the decoration of graves of soldier
dead in Arlington National Cemeter!
next Tuesday were announced toda!
by Mrs. May D. Lightfoot, chairman
of the Flower Committee Of the Grane
Army Memorial Corporation, which Ii
directing the work.
The plans include also the manner
in which the artificial flowers made
by the veterans unit of the three major
| wars for the designation of their dead
| will be placed upon graves.
AS outlined by Mrs. Lightfoot, the
school children will take their flowers
to their respective schools Monday
morning. School authorities have ar
| ranged to have these floral tributes
concentrated in 48 of the ITS or more
school buildings. From these 48
schools, trucks lent by the Army, Navy,
Marine Corps, Veterans Bureau and
the District Government will collect
the flowers and transport them to Ar
lington. Collection and care of the
children's flowers will be supervised by
picked policemen.
Will Be Assembled in Tents.
At the cemetery, the flowers will be
assembled in eight Capitalization point
tents. In each tent. members of the
Henry C. Spangler Unit, No. 20, Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary; Ladies Of the
Grand Army, and the Danes of Loyal
Legion will be on duty to receive and
care for the flowers. These workers
will be assisted by 10 cadets from the
Cardozo High School. who are picked
for the assignment by r. N. Mattingly.
principal. Handling of the flowers will
be facilitated by the use of 300 bushel
baskets which the District Grocery
Stores, Inc, has lent
The flowers will be watered and
stored carefully in the Capitalization
tents until Tuesday morning.
On Monday also the 10000 red pop
pies which were made by the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary and stored at
the Colleen Club ip Georgetown will
be carried to Arlington National Gene
terry in truck lent by w. T. Galliher
At AIS pm. Monday $50 Girl Scouts
will go to the cemetery to place the
red poppies on the graves of the World
War dead. paper carnations provided
by the United States Spanish American
War Veterans and their auxiliary on
the graves of Spanish-American War
dead, and the pink blossoms made by
the Women's Relief Corps on the
graves of Civil War dead.
The American Legion Auxiliary will
serve graham crackers and lemonade
frcm the headquarters tent to the work.
ing Girl Scouts.
Will Decorate Graves Tuesday.
The task of decorating the soldier
graves with the school childrens flow
ers will be performed Tuesday, Me-
mortal day. A corps of $50 Boy Scouts
will be taken to the cemetery and
they will place the flowers. Lunch
will be served to the Scouts by the
American Legion Auxiliary from the
headquarters tent.
Besides the school children's gifts,
flowers have been donated by others.
The Department of Agriculture gar
denS have promised to give the pansies
from the beds in front of the depart
ments building. The Botanical Gar
dens is providing a truckload of iris
and peonies These later will be placed
on the grave of former President and
Chief Justice Taft and at the base of
the Canadian World War Cross.