Evening star., 1934-07-03
CAPITAL PLANNING
ELABORATE RITES
TO MARK FOURTH
Main Observance Tomorrow
Will Be Conducted at
Monument.
FIREWORKS PROGRAM
BEGINS AT $50 Pm.
Patriotic Concert by Army Band
and Massing of Colors Will
Precede Display.

The one hundred fifty-eighth an
niversary of the signing of the
Declaration Of independence will be
! celebrated by the National Capital to-
morrow with one of the most elab-
| crate displays in recent years.
Although many neighborhood cele-
brations will be held during the day
and evening in various parts of the
District, the main observance is to be
centered in the Washington Monu-
ment grounds tomorrow evening, be-
ginning at tbs pm.
Following the conclusion of formal
ceremonies and pageantry on the
ground, the air above the park will be
filled for As minutes with one of the
finest fireworks displays since the pre-
war days of lavish displays.
The fireworks program is to begin
at $50 pm, with the firing Of a great
salvo OF multi-colored star and bomb
shells accompanying a set-piece en-
titled Past and Present." in which
| will be outlined in fire immense por-
traits of President Roosevelt and
George Washington.
Set Pieces to Be Shown.
Another set piece will depict The
Spirit of TO-" while the Army Band
! plays Yankee Doodle" Later in the
program there will be an action scene
of the climax of the Battle of York
town in fireworks as all of the forces
OF modern pyrotechnical knowledge
are brought together in a spectacular
finale
The Monument ceremonies will be-
gin at tbs pm. with patriotic con-
cert by the Army Band, followed at
7:45 bv the massing of the colors by
the many military. patriotic and vet
Grams organizations of Washington.
1t is estimated there will be more
than 500 flags in the procession.
Former Gov. Charles H. Brough of
Arkansas will be the speaker in brief
formal exercises between the massing
of the colorS and the starting of the
fireworks display at $50 o'clock. For
these exercises and the fireworks the
Local Committee has provided box
seats and $500 chairs at the north
side of the Monument. Tickets for
chairs are selling for Is cents each.
and boxes. containing six chairs. are
sold for SIS each. These tickets are
on sale at American Automobile Asso-
citation headquarters, the Mayfower,
Willard, Washington and Shoreham
Hotels. Boxes may be reserved at the
Community Center Department in the
Franklin Administration Building,
Thirteenth and K streets.
The District Commissioners have
urged that Washingtonians display
the flag of the United States at their
homes and places Of business to-
morrow.
Attorney Will Speak.
Among the observances of the Fourth
of July arranged for tomorrow is that
of the Association of Oldest Inhabi-
tants at the Old Union Engine House,
Nineteenth and H streets. Rice Hooe,
attorney, will be the speaker. The
observance will be preceded by busi-
ness meeting at 1890 am.
A children's costume parade will
open the days celebration at Battery
Park at $3.50 pm. Sports events will
be held. and a dance at the club will
conclude the program. Wesley Heights
and Spring Valley will hold their own
celebrations. The National Training
School for Boys will hold a celebra-
ton, featured by a track and field
meet and base ball game.
A plaque in memory of the Unknown |
Soldier will be presented at the Ar
lington National Cemetery Amphi- |
theater at II 80 am. tomorrow by the
Jewish War Veterans of the United |
States. Senator Tydings of Maryland |
will be the speaker. DIR. Ivy Pelsman
will preside.
Five hundred uniformed Boy Scouts !
are to mobilize at GAS pm. tomorrow
at the Zero Milestone, south of the
White House, and will participate in
the parade Of flags, the massing of
colors, and 13 picked Eagle Scouts will |
carry flags representing the 13 Colo |
nies. The Scouts will be seated in a !
special section reserved for them.
Order of Formation of CoIors.
The following order of formation of |
colorS has been annunced:
Military-l6th Brigade, 34th In
fantry. 66th Infantry, Navy, Marine |
Corps. Coast Guard, l21st Engineers, |
D. C. N. G.; 260th Coast Artillery, D. |
c. N. G.: Company A. 372d Infantry. |
D. c. N. G.; Naval Reserve. Goth Ma
rines. Marine Corps Reserve; 23d Ma
rines, Marine Corps Reserve, and |
Washington high school cadets.
Veterans-The Military Order of the |
Carabao, Auxiliary, United Spanish |
War Veterans. Military Order OF the |
World War, American Legion Aux |
iliary. the Forty and Eight.
Patriotic-Military Order of the |
Loyal Legion OF the United States,
Daughters of Union Veterans of the |
Civil War, Department of the Poto-
mac, Ladies of the Grand Army of
the Republic; Auxiliary to G. A. R.. |
Womans Relief Corps; Daughters of
America, Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution, Children of the
American Revolution, Sons and
Daughters Of the U. S. A., District Of |
Columbia Chapter, American Red
Cross; District Daughters of the
American Colonists, Grace Darling
Seibold Chapter. American Gold Star
Mothers; Salvation Army, Boy Scouts.
Girl Scouts.
Miscellaneous-Italia War Vet