Evening star., 1948-07-01
Special Display
.0fFireworksS Set
.At Monument
Program on Monday
To Close Observance
Of Centenary

A special display commemorating
the Washington Monument will be
a feature of next Monday nights
fireworks display. bringing to close
the three-day celebration of the
Tooth anniversary of the monuments
cornerstone laying.
There also will be aerial photos"
in fireworks of President Washing
ton and President Truman. accord
ing to the Washington Monument
Centennial Committee, headed by
Leon Chatelain, jr., chairman.
The Monday program will begin
at 7:50 pm. with a concert by the
Navy Band, under Chief Warrant
Officer Richard E. Townsend, and
the Marine Band. under Maj. Will
liam F. Santelmann.
Chief Justice Bolitha j. Laws of
District Court will make the chief
address of the evening on the
Monument grounds. stressing the
Importance of American citizenship.
Truman Told of Plans.
Mrs. Esther Rosenbloom, a native
of French Morocco who married an
Air Force officer and has recently
become citizen, will speak on her
new citizenship. The Rosenblooms
live at Alb Eighth street Sc.
The fireworks display will begin
at $50 pm. Other displays to be
presented this year, in addition to
the aerial pyrotechnics, include the
Garden of Allah, Transformation
Fountain, Niagara Falls by Moon
light, Battle of the Clouds and
American Flying Pigeons. The hour
long display will close with Old
Glory. huge American flag. blazing
in the sky, the committee announced.
Mr.. Chatelain called on President
Truman yesterday along with Carter
Barron, chairman of the Greater
National Capital Committees Spe-
cial Activities Committee, and de-
scribed to him the Presidents part
in the week end ceremonies which
start Saturday with a parade.
The parade will begin at noon at
Fourth and Pennsylvania avenue
NV, proceeding down the avenue
to Fifteenth street and south to the
Monument Grounds where stands
are being erected for the review.
Fleet Admiral william F. Halsey,
jr., is grand marshal of the parade.
Marshall to Speak.
Following the parade there will
be a brief program commemorating
the cornerstone laying Of July 4,
1848. This is the schedule OF
events:
Music by the Marine Band.
Mr.. Chatelain will introduce Sec
retary of State Marshall, who will
preside. Secretary Marshall will in
troduce DR.. C. Leslie Glenn to pro-
nounce the prayer '
The Secretary then will speak.
Secretary Marshall will present
Mai. Gen. u S. Grant III, who, on
behalf of the Washington National
Monument Society, will speak on the
monuments history
| Secretary Marshall will present
Col. Edwin S. Bethlehem. jr., deputy
grand master, Free and Accepted
Masons, who will speak on the
Masons and the Monument. The
original cornerstone laying was a
Masonic ceremony.
Tickets Now on Sale.
Secretary Marshall will introduce
President Truman, who will speak
on a Nationwide radio hookup.
The program will close with the
| National Anthem.
Tickets for both the Saturday and
Monday celebrations are now on sale
at the D. c. information booth in
The Star Building, at major hotels.
at all Peoples drug stores, at Gov
ernment Services snack bars and In
the trailer at the District Building.
Tickets, at 81 each, including tax,
entitle the purchaser to a reserved
seat on the Monument Grounds.
Sundays observance will include
religious services in the city 8
churches and the first of the summer
water-gate concerts by the National
Symphony Orchestra with Dorothy
Maynor, colored soprano. soloist.