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Foreign Wars to place a commemo-
rative wreath on George Washing
tons tomb at Mount Vernon at
noon Saturday in honor of the First
Presidents birthday anniversary
the VFW announced today.
A motor pilgrimage will leave
Washington at $50 am. for Mount
Vernon and wreaths will be placed
on the tomb by Louis E. Starr, VFW
commander; Mrs. Sally Cannon
president of the auxiliary, and rep
resentatives of various VFW de-
partments.
The ceremony at Mount Vernon
will begin at II am. and will be
broadcast by the facilities of the
Mutual Broadcasting Co.
In the afternoon there will be a
parade in Alexandria, beginning at
2:30 pm. Maj. Gen. William Hoge,
commanding general of Fort Belvoir,
Va, will lead the parade, and the
Army Band, under Capt. Hugh
CurTie, will provide music.
The President and Mrs. Truman
will attend the unveiling of a
statue of George Washington in
the Washington Cathedral at 4
pm. Sunday, Cathedral officials
said. The statue, erected in the
NORTH Transept of the Cathedral
was donated by the Supreme Coun-
Gil Of the Thirty-third and Last
Degree of Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite Free Masonry in the
Southern Jurisdiction of the United
States.
Clark, Patterson to Speak.
The 215th anniversary of Wash
ington's birth also will be high
lighted by speeches by Attorney
General Clark and Secretary of War
Patterson.
Mr.. Clark. will address a rally
sponsored by four American Revolu=
tion patriotic organizations at 1890
am. at Memorial Continental Hall,
Seventeenth and D streets NV. He
also will make a radio address at
$50 pm. from the Statler Hotel as
guest of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars who are giving Washington
birthday dinner that night.
Secretary Patterson will address
the Nation at pm. from the portico
of Mount Vernon as part OF the
program sponsored by the American
Legion in its annual tribute to the
first President. The legion program
will begin at 1890 PM with its
national guard leading the pilgrim
age to the Washington Tomb where
wreaths will be placed by Wash
ington and Virginia post officials.
Another highlight will be the
annual Washingtons' birthday OBJ
servance of the Association of Oldest
Inhabitants. The ceremonies will
begin at II am. in the Old Engine
House, Nineteenth and H streets
NV, and will features an address
by Representative Dondero, Repub-
lican, of Michigan and the annual
reading of Washington Farewell
Address by George E. Sullivan and
an original poem composed and
read by John Clagett Proctor, pres
ident of the association.
Stores to Curtail Hours.
The Merchants and Manufactur-
ers' Association announced that
most Washington stores, following
the custom of many years, will cur
tail their business hours, even
though Washington's Birthday falls
on Saturday this year.
Community Chest agencies will
hold parties and dances in celebra-
ton of the 215th anniversary OF
Washington's birth.
Christ Child Settlement House,
sos Massachusetts, avenue NE, IS
planning a dance at 9 pm. tomor-
row. John LeBiancoS orchestra
will play.
Friendship House, 619 D street
Sc, will have series of dances,
the first tonight at 7:30 o'clock for
teen ayers, the second at Z pm.
tomorrow for youngsters 9 to IA,
and the third, square dance for
adults, at pm. Saturday.
Children to Visit Shrine.
Saturday afternoon Miss Emily
Storer, member of the board OF
Friendship House, will take group
of children to Mount Vernon.
A patriots dance for so children
6 to II years -old will be held at
7 pm. tomorrow at Georgetown
House, 1924 N street NV. A minuet
will be the dance feature.
The Girls Club of Georgetown
House and the Georgetown Branch
of the Boys Club of Washington will
have a joint Washington Birthday
dance at 7 pm. tomorrow in the
Boys Club, 2726 M street NV.
Northwest House, SIS M street
NV, will have a dance for juniors
and seniors beginning at pm. to-
morrow. At 9 pm. there will be a
George Washington "Guess Who
program. Prizes will be given the
boy or girl answering the most ques-
tions correctly. A hatchet hunt will
follow the quiz.
At $50 pm. today, there will be
a party for 80 juniors and day-care
children at Southeast House, 324
Virginia avenue Sc. A play, ''Fred's
Dream" will be followed by social
hour with games and refreshments.
Parents have been invited. A teen
ayers dance will be held at 7:30 pm.
Southwest House Celebration.
Southwest House, sol Second
street S.W., is planning a joint
celebration at pm. tomorrow to
honor Washington's Birthday and
Brotherhood Week, now in progress.
Fifty children are expected. At the
Southwest House nursery, 1725 First
street S.W.. children from 2 to S
will present a ski at 10 am. to-
morrow.
At pm. tomorrow there will be
a celebration at st. Joseph's Homo
and School. Chief attraction will
be o play followed by patriotic
songs and poems.
"The Story of George Washing
ton" will be presented at $3.50 pm.
Saturday by cast of children who
are patients at Christ Child Farm