Evening star., 1940-02-11
President Leads
Lincoln Rites
Tomorrow
As Patriotic Groups
To PIuee Wreoths
| AtMemoriuI

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President and Mrs. Roosevelt win
lead the Nations Capital In paying
homage to Abraham lincoln on the
131st anniversary Of his birth to.
morrow.
The Chief Executive will join with
Is patriotic organizations in laying
wreaths at the Lincoln Memorial 1t
1915 pm. during exercises spon-
sored by the District Commandery Of
the Military Order Of the Loyal Le-
gion Of the United States.
The ceremony will begin ut 1910
pm, when the Army Band will strike
up q march, as color and standard
bearers composed of soldiers, sailors,
marines and Coast Guardsmen snap
to attention.
On the Presidents arrival, the
band will sound ruffles and fiourishes
and the play Hail to the Chief"
This will be followed by q buRler
sounding ITO the Colors" and the
color guard will present arms.
Remey to Preside.
Charles Mason Remey of the Mill.
tary Order, who will preside, will call
for laying Of the Presidents wreath.
The band will conclude the Presi.
dents participation by playing the
national anthem.
Representatives of the various or.
ganizations then win place their
| noral tributes at the base Of the
Memorial. There will be no speeches.
Capt. John L. Person, U. s. A., will
lay q wreath in behalf Of the Dis.
trict Commissioners.
Besides Mr.. Remey. other members
OF the Committee on Arrangements
are Cob Lawrence c. Crawford,
U. s. A., chairman; Capt. Chester
Wells. U. S. NJ, retired: Laurence v.
Benet, Col. Goodwin Ordway, u. 8. A.;
Oscar A. c. Oehmler and Charles
c. Clark, jr.
The Military Order has requested
all business houses to display curb
nags tomorrow In tribute to Presi-
dent Lincoln's memory
The congregation at the II O'Clock
services this morning at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church,
which Lincoln frequently attended,
will hear a sermon on Lincoln by
DR.. Peter Marshall, pastor. His SUBJ
ject will be "A Man of the Ages"
Special G. A. r. Exercises.
The Department Of the Potomac,
Grand Army Of the Republic, will
sponsor special exercises at the First
Congregational Church, Tenth and
G streets NV, at 8 pm. tomor-
row. James B. Freeland, past de-
partment commander, Spanish War
Veterans, will give Lincoln's Gettys-
burg address and Walter w. Hus-
band, former Assistant Secretary o1
Labor, will speak.
I The Department of the Potomac
Woman's Relief Corps, and the Sons
OF the Union Veterans Of the Civil
War will participate in the cere-
mony, which will include trooping
OF colors and music by the Marine
Band. Everett F. Warner, secretary
to John M. Kline. department COM
mander of the G. A. R.. will pre-
side.
The Republican Clubs of WASH
lngton, Virginia and Maryland will
have several members of Congress
as their guests at a dance at the
Raleigh Hotel at 10 pm. tomorrow
Philip King, jr., Is general chair
man Of the affair.
Columbia Alumni to Meet,
Washington alumni of Columbia
University will gather at . luncheon
at l pm. tomorrow at Wesley Hall
Seventeenth and K streets NV, tc
carry out . university tradition OF
celebrating on Ltncoln's birthday
Round the World Columbia Day.'
DR.. John H. Noffsinger will sneak
briefly. Graduates Of the school ali
over the world will meet to observe
the occasion.
The National Park service will
present DR.. Louis A. Warren, au-
thority on Lincoln, in an address
on Little Known Episodes in the
Life Of Abraham Lincoln" at the
departmental auditorium at 8 pm
Wednesday. DR.. Warren, author OF
many books and pamphlets on Lin.
coins life. will illustrate his lec-
ture with colored pictures.
A meeting sponsored by the Wash.
ington Civil Rights Committee al
the Lincoln Congregational Church
Eleventh and r streets NV. Will
be held at 8:l5 O'Clock stoniRht
Speakers will be Walter White, sec.
retary, National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
Hobson r. Reynolds, director, Elks
civil liberties division. and william
H. Mondell, vice president. District
Suffrage Association.
At the exercises at the Lincoln Me-
mortal, Col. william I. Forbes OF
Philadelphia. national commander
Of the Military Order, will lay q
wreath in behalf Of the national or
der, while Mr.. Benet will lay the
one for the District Department.
| Organizations Participating.
| The organizations participating
include:
The District Department, Amer
lean Legion: Department of the Po-
tomac, Women's Relief Corps. Aux
iliary to the Grand Army of the
Republic; the Daughters of thu
American Revolution; Pennsylvania
Commandery, Military Order Of the
Loyal Legion; American Gold Star
Mothers: Lincoln Post, No. II, the
American Legion: District of Co
lumbia Chapter, the American Red
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