Evening star., 1951-11-10
Armistice Day
CeremoniesSet
For Tomorrow
Nine Wreuths to Be
Placed at Tomb of
Unknown Soldier

Placed at Tomb of
Unknown Soldier
Americans who have died in tht
service of their country in eigh
wars will be honored tomorrow
In Armistice Day ceremonie.
marking the 33d anniversary oI
the end of World War I.
A full schedule at Arlington
Cemetery. where nine wreath.
laying ceremonies will be held al
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
will highlight the day. November
II has been generally recognized
as a day of homage to the dead
of all United States wars.
Elsewhere in the Washington
area. veterans organizations will
observe the day with smaller
commemorative meetings. Almost
everywhere. the traditional taps
will echo homage to the Nation s
dead.
Three-Day Holiday.
Government workers start a
three-day holiday today, and extra
sections added to train, plane and
bus schedules indicated many of
them would be out of town. Dis
trict public schools will be closed
Monday, but the school systems
/ of Arlington, Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties will be
operating as usual. Alexandria
schools also will hold classes Mon
day. @
The observance at Arlington
Cemetery tomorrow will include
three wreath-laying ceremonies
with full military honors and a
five-hour program in the amphi-
theater, sponsored by the Amer
ican Legion.
The 115-member glee club Of
West Point is to perform during
the amphitheater commemoration,
which will include the tradi-
tional massing of the colors at
about 12:45 pm. A portion of
the program will be broadcast
over Station WWDC from noon
to 1890 pm. tomorrow.
Lovett to Speak.
Defense Secretary Robert A.
Lovett and Donald r. Wilson,
national commander of the Amer
ican Legion. will be the chief
speakers on the Legion program
in the amphitheater. scheduled
for 1880 am. Tickets are not
needed for the $500 seats avail
able and they will be given out on
a f1rst-come- flrst-Seated basis.
Since President Truman is in
Key West. Secretary Lovett will
place the presidential wreath on
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
at II am. with a combined honor
guard of Army. Navy and Air
Force units standing by. Host at
the ceremony will be Mai. Gen
Thomas w. Herren. chief of the
Military District of Washington.
Gen. Herren will greet French
Ambassador Henri Bonnet for the
days first wreath-laying ceremony
at 8:45 am. Troops of the I'd
Infantry Regiment and the Army
Band will be on hand.
The Air Force will provide the
honor guard for a wreath laying
ceremony by Air Marshal Kaliides
Of Greece at 4::30 pm.
Other Ceremonies.
Other wreath-laying ceremonies
during the day will include: The
Washington High School Cadet
Corps at 9 am, the Daughters
of the American Revolution at
$50 am, Virginia members OF
the Veterans of Foreign Wars at
GAS am, the Washington Jewish
Community Center at 10 am, the
Legion of Honor at 3 pm. and
the Society of the Sd Infantry
Division at $3.50 pm.
The Organized Bible Glass AS
sociation of the District will hold
q separate ceremony at the tomb
at 4 pm tomorrow, with a talk
by DR.. Paul F. Douglass, former
president of American University.
Laying the wreath will be DR.. Page
NICK. Etchison, president of the
association.
Armistice Day memorial services
for President Wilson will be held
in the Bethlehem Chapel of Wash
ington Cathedral, where President
Wilson is buried, at 4 pm. today,
by members of George Washing
ton Post No. l of the American
Legion.
Silver Spring Services.
Veterans organizations of Silver
Spring will hold memorial services
at II am. tomorrow at the Me-
mortal to the War Dead in front
of the Silver Spring Armory.
In Takoma Park, the Veterans
Council will hold an II am. cere-
mony Monday at the Honor Roll
across from the General Confer
ence Building of the Seventh-Day
Adventist Church.
The Prince Georges Council of
the Knights of Columbus will hold
its tenth annual memorial mass
at II am. tomorrow in Ritchie
Coliseum of the University of
Maryland at College Park. The
mass will be celebrated by the
Most Rev. John M. Mcnamara,
vicar general of the Archdiocese
of Washington.