Evening star., 1942-06-13
D. T.. Will Mark
Flag Day With
Gala Programs
Roosevelt to Join
In Ceremonies
Tomorrow

While the District prepared to
climax Flag Week" on Flag Day to-
morrow with ceremonies in various
parts of the city, other celebrations
already were being held here and
throughout the Nation today.
Several cities, planning two-day
observance, were to see parades to-
day. Two potentially record-shat-
tering ones are scheduled in New
York and Chicago.
The colors Of the United States
will be displayed from Government
buildings and will fly from Offices and
homes tomorrow and line Washing
tons streets.
President to Take Part.
The President himself will observe
the day at the White House, at
ceremony at which Mexico will ad-
here formally to the United Ma
tions pact, joining in the fight for
freedom the nations the Chief Exec
utive named in his proclamation
Military reviews, meetings, broad
casts and religious services honor
ing the flags of the United Nations
are taking place also from Chung
king to Cape Town and from Man
chester to Melbourne.
A keynote was sounded from Lon
don by Premier of Free Poland. Gen.
Wladysaw Sikorski, in an order of
the Gay to Polish forces He de-
clared victory lis coming to us much
faster than was thought possible by
the enemy"
The British radio announced that
a message from Prime Minister
Churchill would be read tomorrow.
June Is also has been designated
as Macarthur Day to commemorate
Gen Douglas MacArthur's start of
his training at West Point.
One Ceremony Today.
At least one local ceremony was
scheduled today. Exercises were to
be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon
In the rotunda of the Capitol under
the auspices of the Women's Relief
Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army
of the Republic. Representative
Dondero of Michigan was to be the
principal speaker and the Marine
Band was to provide music.
The first National Symphony Or
chestra concert of the summer sea-
son, scheduled for tomorrow night
at the Water Gate, has been dedi-
Gated by Conductor Hans Kinder
to the United Nations and flags of
the nations fighting Fascism
throughout the world will fly over
the Potomac during the program.
Twanty-seven servicemen, repre-
senting many branches of the armed
forces, will participate in the pres
entation of the flags of the United
States and 26 other countries at
the opening of the second half of
the concert. The script for the
presentation, in the form of an in
formal pageant, was written by
Maxwell Anderson and it will be
staged by Melvyn Douglas.
At S pm. tomorrow patriotic,
civic and fraternal organiza tions
will participate in flag pa
geant and patriotic service to
be conducted by the Washington
Lodge of Elks at the Sylvan The
ater on the Monument slope. Rep
resentative Gearhart of California,
author of the bill which made
Armistice Day a legal holiday, will
be the principal speaker. A group
of Air Force cadets. examined re-
Gently by the local examining
board, will join the audience in
the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
Legion Home to Be Dedicated.
An hour earlier Flag Day exercises
will dedicate the new American
Legion home opposite Meridian
Park.
Also at 4 pm. Representative
Sparkman of Alabama will speak
at the presentation of fully equip
ped Army ambulance to the Amer
ican Red Cross by the Order of
the Eastern Star OF the District.
There also will be a musical pro-
gram at the presentation, which will
take place at the south auditorium
Of the Interior Department, c street
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets NV.
There will be exercises at $3.50
pm. tomorrow at the CafritZ Au-
ditorium of the Jewish Commun-
ity Center. There will be talks by
Abe Miller, commander Of the jew
ish War Veterans. and others, with
music for the program supplied by
the United States Navy School of
Music Orchestra.
Yesterday at the Library of Con-
gress, the Federation of Federal
Employees presented flag to the
Library.
Program ut Eastern High.
Students of Eastern High School
marked the day yesterday with a
memorial to the late 1t. Albert
Eugene Gates, who was killed De-
cember IL in the Philippines. The
program was prepared and directed
by 1t. Gates classmates of the
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