The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-16
D. T.. TO LEAD
CONSTITUTION
CELEBRATION
Thousands Will March
in Torch Parade
Tomorrow Night

washington will lead the coun-
try tomorrow in celebrating Con-
stitution Day.
Thousands of marchers will pa
rade along Constitution Avenue
amid bands and torches in honor
of the 148th anniversary Of the
signing of the historic document
which brought a guarantee OF
democratic social structure to a
new people.
Representatives of Washington's
civic, business, fraternal and patri-
otto organizations will participate
in the demonstration which is in
charge of Gen. Amos A. Fries,
U. S. A., retired.
Flags to Be Displayed
Housewives and business houses
today were urged by the United
States Flag Association to join in
the celebration by displaying the
American flag. An appeal for
city-wide display of the flag was
made by Col. James A. Moss,
president general of the associa.
ton.
The parade will get under way
promptly at 1880 p. m.
In the event of inclement
weather the parade will be post
poned until the first clear night,
General Fries announced.
Dress rehearsals are to be held
this evening at 8 o'clock on the
Monument grounds.
Tickets for the events tomorrow
are obtainable at the AAA offices
in the Mills Building and at the
Monument grounds.
Peculiarly, the parade is the
first of it's kind, which begins and
ends on Constitution Avenue. And
aptly, the gathering of men
women and children, soldiers and
veterans, bands and colorful
floats. is concentrating the very
day which gives the strip Of as
phalt its name.
Fete NonpOIitical
For more than two weeks, at
the instigation of the District Of
Columbia American Legion, hun
dreds of men and women have
worked to make successful the idea
which is a part of a nationwide
celebration.
In New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia, Chicago, Detroit, on the West
Coast and in many Midwest cities
some sort of celebration is being
held in honor of the instrument
which guarantees ''life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness"
In line with the Monument and
the White House is erected the
stage and the thanking stands for
the U. S. Army and U. S. Navy
bands led by Capt. Thomas F..
Darcy and Lieut.. Charles Bentor.
Following the invocation by Col.
Alva Breasted, chief of chaplains,
U. S. A., General Fries will deliver
Introductory remarks. The pledge
to the Constitution will be given
by the assemblage, led by the Jun
ior Citizens groups.
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A reading of "Our Flag" will
be given by Mrs. Lloyd Biddle,
president District Federation of
Women's Clubs, who will be intro
duced by Mrs. William E. Ochil-
tree, national president of the
American War Mothers.
Constitution Day and the Con.
stitution" is the theme of the ad-
dress to be delivered by the Hon.
Justin Miller, Assistant Attorney
General of the United States. Then
will follow historic ballets and
pageants representing the Magma
Charta, the Mayflower Compact,
and the Constitutional Conven-
ton. An Indian ballet will precede
the benediction, which will be de-
livered by DR.. John c. Palmer,
pastor of Washington Heights
Presbyterian Church.
Flora McGill Keefer will lead
the bands and the gathered thou
sands in singing 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner" which grand
finale will be accompanied by
salvos of bombs and set fireworks
pieces of the American Flag, For
God and Country" Law an d
Order" the "U. S. Constitution"
and George Washington"
A special feature of the parade
will be the FESTIVAL of Progress,
an itinerant group which is en-
route from Maine to Florida, stop.
ping in all the big cities to present
its parade depicting the progress
of the United States from it's birth
to the present time.
The group, consisting Of 20 or
nately decorated floats and $50
persons, made special arrange