Evening star., 1953-11-08
Eisenhower Wreath
To Climax Armistice
Observance Here

The Nation will confer grateful
and solemn honor upon its war
dead Wednesday in the 35th
observance of Armistice Day.
Washington will mark the an
niversary of the termination of
World War I hostilities with a
number of wreath-laying rites at
the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier in Arlington Cemetery
and elsewhere.
The traditional ceremony at II
am. will have President Eisen-
hover paying his respects to the
anonymous American soldier who
perished in France.
Ceremonies at IL: 80 am. in the
Arlington Cemetery Amphithea-
ter will be highlighted by ad-
dresses by Army Secretary
Stevens and Arthur j. Connell,
commander of the American
Legion. Invocation and benedic-
ton will be pronounced by DR..
Thomas B. Clark, national chap
lain of the American Legion.
Participating will be the 128-
voice choir of the Naval Academy
and the 86-piece Army Band,
under the direction of Maj. Hugh
Curry. Sergt. Lindsey Bergin,
soloist, will sing, Il Am Praying
to st. Christopher"
So Legion Posts.
More than So American Legion
posts from the Metropolitan Area
and the Legion's National Guard
of Honor will join color guards
from the Army, Navy, Air Force
and Marine Corps, as well as
other patriotic groups, in color
full tribute to fallen American
servicemen.
Earlier, French Ambassador
Henri Bonnet will pay similar
homage to the Unknown Soldier
when he lays his country's
wreath at the tomb at 9:45 am.
Ambassador Bonnet will receive
a 19-gun salute from the Sd
"Old Guard" Infantry Regi-
ment's saluting battery upon his
arrival. Official host is Maj. Gen.
E. K. Wright, commander of the
Military District of Washington.
A schedule of wreath-laying
ceremonies at The Tomb and
other locations follows:
9 to 9:15 a.m.-WaShington
High School Cadet Corps (Divi-
sion u.
9:15 to $50 a.m.-Washington
High School Cadet Corps (Divi-
sion IL.
GAS to 10 a.m.-French Am
bassador Henri Bonnet.
10 to 10:15 a.m.-Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Department of
Virginia.
10:45 am. to 2:30 p.m.-Amer-
ican Legion program, including
the parade of wreaths.
1885 to IL a.m.-Presidential
wreath-laying.
2:30 to 2:45 p.m.-Society of
the Sd Infantry Division.
8 p.m.-Armistice Day serv-
ices at the Stansbury Masonic
Temple, Georgia and Colorado
avenue NV.
1St Division Rites.
In other Armistice Day rites,
Mai. Gen. Cliff Andrus, former
commanding general of the 1st
Infantry Division, will place a
wreath at the 1st Division Monu-
ment, New York avenue and
Seventeenth street NV, at II
am. in honor of the officers and
men of the 1st Division who died
in World Wars I and II. Chap
lain Irwin Bailey of Fort Myer,
Va, will conduct the service. A
firing squad from the Sd Infantry
Division also will participate.
Also at II am. Wednesday,
the American War Mothers will
raise their organizational flag
at the Capitol.
The Churches of Christ in
the Washington area will meet
for their annual ArmiStice Day
program at 10 am. Wednesday
at the Sixteenth and Decatur
Church of Christ. Theme of
the meeting is THE City Church
and It's Problems" The Rev,
A. R. Holton will preside.
The George S. Patton, Jr.
Tank Corps Post of the .eAmeri-
can Legion will hold its eighth
annual Patton Day dinner at
the Continental Hotel at 7:30
pm.
The Central Library at Eighth
and K streets NV. will be open
from 9 am. to 9 pm. Armistice
Day, according to Harry N. Pc
terson. librarian. All other agen-
cies of the library, including