The Washington times., 1934-06-15
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gin at 10:3O and continue until
noon. The Ark and the Dove, re-
built from modern craft on the
models Of the two hopeful little
ships which brought the Calvert
coloniStS across the uncertain At
lantic, will be the center Of the
water events.
The pageant, saint Marie's,
Mother Of Maryland" the drama
Of the first so years of Maryland's S
history, written and directed by
kathleen Read Coontz, will be
given both this afternoon and to-
morrow afternoon.
About 1,1O0 people from St.
Marys county and other parts Of
the State, many Of whom are oil
rectly descended from the found
ers Of the colony, are taking part
IN the pageant.
Warships to Take Part
st. Marys City, which has been
browsing away happily since the
State capital was changed to An
nApolis in 1894, will be the center
Of such excitement as it has never
been able to imagine. The harbor
Of st. Marys Bay will be filled
with q flashing flotilla of visiting
craft. The British ship Of war,
Dundee, and two U. S. destroyers,
the Manley and the Overton, will
be at anchor.
Visiting yachts from the Gibson
Island Yacht Club and the Mary
land Yacht Club will be there
with flags flying. Small boats
will Scurry in and out from the
shore, exchanging hospitalities
and anecdotes. Sail boats, man.
aged as only the natives of the
Chesapeake Bay country can man
age boat, will ride the breezes
or pause contented in the occa-
Sional calm. At night all the boats
viii be brilliantly illuminated and
there will be dancing on board.
Each day there will be two mill
tary parades at / and 5 o'clock.
British and American marines
and sailors will take part in the
march. Other members of the
military participating will be 500
members of the National Guard
These will be selected from the
One Hundred and Tenth Field Ar.
tillery, Fifth and First Infantry
Regiments, and the One Hundred
and Fourth Medical Regiment,
Battery A, of the Sixth Field Ar
tillery, Fort Hoyle, also will be
represented.
Brig. Gen. Washington Bowie,
j., commander Of the Fifty-eighth
Brigade, will be in command of
the militia.
COad Fetes Officers
Last night State Senator ]. AL
Ian Coad entertained the officers
of the three ships at his home,
Porto Bello, which stands on a
promontory overlooking st. Marys
River and was built in 174O. Fa.
NOUS old houses in the neighbor-
hood, Southampton, Mattapany,
Checkers Fancy, Susquehanna,
Deep Falls, Mulberry Field and
De La Brooke, have been enter.
tanning in the happy Maryland
manner for the last few days,
The beginning of the pageant
will be intensely dramatic. At
1870 o'clock the Ark and the Dove
will be seen coming around Chan
cellors Point in st. Marys Bay.
just as they did 800 years ago. AS
the great crowd of spectators
stands moved by the imaginary
anxiety of the Colonists as thew
neared the shore, the Indians of
the Piscataway tribe, sighting
the great white wings of the Eng.
1ish craft, hurry down to the
waters edge"
Thirty of the chiefs strongest
braves meet the white men be-
fore they set foot on shore. AS
the ships drop anchor with the
st. Georges Cross flying from the
masthead and poop as it did 300
years ago, the trumpeter sounds
his blast. A salute is fired to his
majesty. Lord Baltimore's colors
(now the Maryland flag) are sent
ashore with a guard. Gov. Leon
ard Calvert, Father White, the
Jesuit, whose chronicles are al
most the only history of early
Maryland, come ashore and hold
parley with the Indians.
Parley Denoted
In the pageant the parley takes
place on the pageant field, which
stands within 20 feet of the foun-
dation Of Maryland's council
chamber, Actually, the parley,
which resulted in the purchase
from the Indians of "30 miles of
ground and the Indian village,
Yeocomico" was held under a
great mulberry tree.
The tree once stood in the grave
yard Of Trinity Church. Except
for few treasured pieces in the
Statehouse museum, the COM
munion rail and parts of the
bishops chair of Trinity Church,
the famous tree has disappeared.
In Trinity Church, which is
Protestant Episcopal, as a splen-
did reminder of tie spirit of tol-
Grafton with which the colony
was founded, a Catholic service
will be held on Sunday.
The pageant will continue with
other important events in Mary
lands early history. Father