Evening star., 1939-02-19
District 10 Mark
Washington's S
Birthday
Patriotic, FroternoI,
Civic Organizations
PIon Celebrations


ganizations in the National Capital
area today were completing their
programs for the celebration of
George Washington's Birthday We'd
nesday.
Observance of the 207th ami
versary of the birth of THE Father
of His Country" will be carried out
in colorful patriotic and military
ceremonies, the laying of wreaths
at Washington Monument and on
Washingtons tomb at Mount Ver-
non, special programs in schools,
banquets and dances.
The celebration actually will get
under way Tuesday night, when the
District National Guard holds
Washington's Birthday exercises in
Departmental Auditorium, while the
Arlington tVa) Post of the Amer
ican Legion and its auxiliary stages
birthday ball at the Washington
Golf and Country Club.
The highlights of the main Wash
ington's Birthday observance We'd
neseday will be joint services of the
Daughters, Sons and Children of
the American Revolution in Memo
rial Continental Hall at 1915 am,
the Sons of the Revolution lunch
con at the Mayfower Hotel at l
pm, Masonic rites at the Monu-
ment, at Mount Vernon and in
Alexandria, and ceremonies by the
National Park Service at Lock No. l
of the old Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, now being converted into a
parkway project, at 2:30 pm.
Pilgrimage to Tomb.
Tributes to the first President
of the United States will be paid
by a host of prominent speakers.
including Chairman Randolph of
the House District Committee be-
fore the National Guard. Repre-
sentative Starnes of Alabama at
the Memorial Continental Hall serv-
ices, Senator Reynolds of North Car
olina before the Sons OF the Revo-
luton, Assistant Secretary of the
| Interior Oscar Chapman at National
Park Service ceremonies. and others.
The first national pilgrimage of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars to
Washington'S tomb will be held
Wednesday. On the same day, the
Russell Mitchell Post of the V.
F. w., Alexandria. will sponsor
military parade in which about
$500 veterans will participate. 1t
is expected to last for two hours.
| A wreath will be placed at the
base of the Washington Monument
at $50 am. Wednesday by D. C.
Dow, president of the Advisory
Board of Masonic Clubs of the Dis
trict, who will be accompanied by
Representatives from the 81 Masonic
clubs in Washington. A car will
/ leave Immediately afterward for the
George Washington Masonic Ma
tional Memorial in Alexandria. TAX
ing members to Masonic session
there.
Birthday Banquet.
The Alexandria Washington Lodge
of Masons will hold its birthday
banquet at pm. Wednesday at
the George Mason Hotel in Alex
andria, with Gov. James H. Price
as guest and Senator Byrd of Vir-
ginia and Representative Thorkelson
Of Montana as speakers.
Representative Randolph will be
the main speaker Tuesday night at
the Washington's Birthday exercises
of the District Guard in Depart
mental Auditorium at 8;45 pm.
! Uniformed troopers of the Guards
| four divisions, more than 1000 off,
GERS and enlisted men, will march
to the auditorium from the armory
at Sixth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV. The regular program
will be preceded at $3.50 pm. by
band concert with music from the
121st Engineers Band, led by War
rant Officer Meyer N Goldman and
the 260th Coast Artillery Band. di-
rected by Warrant Officer Joseph
| Berst.
Westmoreland Davis, World War
Governor of Virginia. and Mrs.
Davis will be honor guests of the
Arlington American Legion Post at
its Washineton's Birthday ball Tues
day night. General Chairman c. w.
Hanger announced. They will be
presented commissions of honorary
colonel Of the guard and auxiliary.
respectively. The dance will begin
at 10 pm.
Continental Hall Exercises.
Members of the Children of the
American Revolution will preside
over the exercises at Memorial Con-
tinental Hall Wednesday morning.
William G. c. Pennington, first state
Junior president of the District
c. A. r.. will lead the services.
The Marine Band will present
concert in the hall from l0:15 to
10:45 am. Following the concert
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