Evening star., 1945-05-27
American Legion
Memorial Services
|By Various Units

memorial services
By Various Units
The District Of Columbia Depart
ment with the National Guard of
Honor will attend Memorial mass
in the Amphitheater at Arlington
Cemetery at 10 am. today. At 8
pm. they will attend the massing
of colors at Washington Cathedral
At 7:30 pm. at the Church of the
Ascension in services honoring Gold
Star Mothers the Legionnaires also
will participate.
A Legion caravan will leave the
clubhouse at 8:45 am. Wednesday,
stopping first at the District War
Memorial and later 60 to Arlington
for the wreath-laying ceremonies
at esTomb Of the Unknown Sol.
dier at II am. In services at
pm, Director of War Mobilization
Fred Vinson will be the principal
speaker.
Representative Edith N. Rogers of
Massachusetts, will make the prin-
cipal address at services OF Jane A.
Delano Post at pm. today in the
nurses section at Arlington. DR..
Clarence Crawford of Calvary Bap-
tist Church will give the invocation
and Capt. Wilbur, U. s. A., the
benediction.
At 2 pm. today, George Washing
ton Post will hold memorial services
at the grave Of Col. e. Lester Jones,
its first commander. Comdr. Joseph
G. Abrams will place a wreath.
Agriculture Post will hold memo
rial services at 4:30 pm. today in
the chapel of the Epiphany, Twelfth
and c streets S.W. A detail OF
WACS, WAVES, SPARS and Ma
rines will form a cross before the
altar. On May 80 the post will place
a wreath before the memorial in the
patio Of the Administration Build
ing at OILS am.
Government Printing ONCE Post
will hold memorial services at 1880
am. today in the National City
Christian Church. Brig. Gen. Albert
L. Cox will be the principal speaker.
DR.. j. Warren Hastings will preach
the sermon.
Second Division Post will hold
memorial services at 2:30 pm. We'd
nesday at the I'd Division Monu-
ment.
Woodbridge Post will hold services
at Sherwood Presbyterian Church
at $3.50 o'clock tonight.
Costello Post will assemble at 2:30
pm. today on Constitution avenue
at Fourteenth street NV. and 90 by
automobile to Arlington Cemetery
where memorial services will be
held at the grave of Vincent B.
Costello.
Kenneth H. Nash Post will hold
a party Thursday evening at their
clubrooms with their families. Ad-
mission is by l945 membership cards.
Police and Fire Post will hold a
boat ride Tuesday evening on the
steamer Mount Vernon.
At meetings last week Agricul-
ture, Justice and General Account
ing Posts, Herbert J. jacob was
unanimously Endorsed for depart
ment commander for the coming
year. Previously. Treasury, Internal
Revenue, Bureau of Engraving and
Cathedral Posts had indorsed Mr..
jacob, who is currently serving as
department senior vice commander.
The American Legion junior
baseball schedule has been rear
ranged so that the opening date is
June 10. The games will be played
on the north and west diamonds
of the Ellipse.
National Cathedral Post will pre-
sent gold star certificates to the
families of those in the Chevy
Chase area who lost their lives in
World War II at the Woodrow Will
son High School at $50 am. Tues
day.
Russell S. Jeffreys, chairman of
the Americanism Commission, an
nounces medals will be presented
to the captains of the companies
placing second and third in the
annual high school competitive
drills for white and colored schools,
respectively, on June and June l3. !
Rank Corps Post will meet to-
morrow night and Victory Post on
Friday night, both at the clubhouse.