Show 1732 k Ml N r i a wN N w h hw w 11 If C rEf M jJ Jc r A Af f w d nay u x o r as y w t r n r s soY oY r 1 e x iY WJ nom l 13 e a Saylor of fhe 1 4 TrI wt By ELMO SCOTT WATSON the event Itself A is I yet two t ears cars awns preparations are going for tor forward forward ward rapidly for tor making the two hundredth er annl nary sary celebration of Wash WashIngton's WashIngton's Ington's birthday the gI gloat eat a est went event of ot Its hind kind eser er held In thIs tills country SIX je ago President Cool CoolIdge Coolidge CoolIdge Idge appointed a n group of citizens from every ery part of ot the United States with himself as ex officio chairman as the United States Commis Commis- Commission lion sion lon for the Celebration of ot the Birth of George Washington to prepare a aplan aplan aplan plan Since that time lime the tile commission has hns been considering some gome forty different for the nation nationwide W Irle Ile cele bratton but the only plan that has lias thus tar far been de definitely Is that for forthe forthe forthe the systematic i publication of works WOl ks by and about Washington This plan was as drawn rawn up by Dr Albert Bushnell Hart professor of history at lInn Harvard ard an and historian of ot the commis commission lIon sion The Tir plan In detail etall calls caUs for the tol fol following lowing publications 1 George Washington Reading With a Purpose written bv by Doctor Hart flail and recently issued by the corn com mission ml lon to be circulated by the corn com mission In quantities 2 Select reading lists on George Gcorge Washington A proposed search ot of heat best books boole on Washington l Intended to stimulate purchase of Washington books by Individuals and school and other ther libraries such euch lists to be circulated by the commission especially to schools 3 S A George Washington map A sizeable wall map on paper or cloth costing In to quantities about 10 cents each to be sent free b by the commis non elon to any school room asking fur for it as a means of or bringing blinking the commission and Its work home to hundreds of thousands of school children and anal their elders 4 4 Writings of ot George Gcorge 1 a A de definitive e elUtion edition to be edited by J JC C Fitzpatrick editor of l diaries There are to he three emit edl a Mount Vernon lernon edition de lu e a Capitol edition exclusively ely for mew mein hers bers of s and h executive e and nd judicial officials In office In iii 1027 and a popular edition Volumes to tobe be sold In complete meta sef ta of t twenty yol vol emes or In chronological groups ot of othree three S to five he volumes G 5 A George Washington series It I Rill Bill be mode made up of about fifteen tWeen vol volUmes volume Umes of ot various carious sizes pertaining t to o George Georbe WashIngton ashington Washington depleting 11 ash aRh ington Washington as a a western estern Ulan nine fishing ton as a a soldier Washington as an a n engineer n the boy hoy Washington Tobe etc To T o be published In a complete completa limited edt edl doff and also aho In a regular edition each eat h Volume Tot TIe separately To T o t to e written by experts In the SC eral 1 1 and edited by the historian 6 fl A George Geore Washington atlas I It 1 t will null Include detailed maps of ot all nIl re- re regions re regions gions In which Washington lived and trawled tra and nil all his cam carn prig ms making pos possible the location ot of tc every ery place R Is know n nto nto to have hale Inhabited or visited every everyplace everyplace ery place or estate In 0 owned ned or occupied by ancestors tors of George Wash WashIngton Ington every e ery house that can now he be Identified In hl which h he sta stayed staged ed all his real estate and lands wherever where situ situated situated It was as early carl decided d that the 1032 was as not to he be a u lre n of time the lie Importance of the e event ent In the form of a worlds ss orld s f tir or exposition of Its Us physical resources and the development of Its Us art arts eaves and Industries lIon However e eer er time the commission of fine tine arts and the nation national national al park and planning commIssIon are co cooperating operating with the thc bl bi bicentennial centennial commission In planning the observance of the e event ent to tobe tobe tobe be held In the city which bears Va Wash Washington's h hIngton's Ington's name hopes bopes that a number of major projects all of which are close close- close Iv Iv linked with the bicentennial c cele- cele celebration lc- lc bration idea Idel will be completed by 1932 1032 Chief among these are the follo following lime Hie Arlington ton Memorial bridge now well ell along In construction and virtually ally certain to be completed complete 1 by th bicentennial year Completion of the monument gar gardens gardens gardens dens at the base ba e of ot the Wa monument originally proposed ed In the 1001 plan for Washington and ur edby by city planners since Completion of ot the arboretum and the national botanical garden Completion of ot the proposed ell Mount t Vernon ernon boull boulevard ard between bet bet s ern een the ss westend el at end of ot the Arlington bridge and home of George Wa Washington Cutting through the mall of ot the pat I s on each side of or the gnat glint central composition and anee ad advancement meat ment of tile the public building program to a point where hue the government o trl triangle an angle le IJ becomes comes that In fact Completion of the scheme for tor muk lag Ing the bh 1111 of George Georbe I Ington p n chime and construction of roadways a s and lun handing Meld Held and wharves es for ships at atthe time the shrine Outstanding among these project s Is the Mount Vernon memorial boulevard boule boule- boulevard boulevard vard Con n h bs s been com coin commenced on this by the bureau of ot pub lie road roads of the Department of ot Agri Agriculture culture It Is to extend from fromn the lit VIr II gluts end of the tLe ne new bridge c connectIng connect Ing Ine the Lincoln memorial n with the th tin e Arlington National cemetery to Mount ernon Vernon along the Potomac rh river riser er i a distance of ot 15 roller miles This highway which will Ill be OO teet fee t wile Ide will be one of ot the finest boule cards ards In to the tha country and will offer offe r cuy access to Mount Vernon WashIngton's Wash Ington's home Congress has o appropriated printed d funds for the boulevard houle arll the Ili e Initial cost being H WO It ha hus s been suggested that to each recta of ot the 13 1 3 colonies should be allowed a mile of o f roa road 1 for such state tablets and arch t treatment as may be desire desired d 1 by the state with the 11 of ot federal government go Tills This Idea how howe however e eser ere ereIs Is tentative e and not mate materialize The plans for the monument gardens at the thc base of ot tile lie 55 5 foot obelisk re recalls recalls recalls calls the fact tint thit the monument as ae con eh ed In 1533 has lus never been ton LOm The building of ot time the lie monument In Its prevent present form forin underwent ent IcI after the laying la Ing of or the tho thoon on corne cornerstone tone In 1848 1548 The Cn II war ar Interfered with Ith the wor work an and 1 It was as not until that the shaft reached a of ot feet In 1880 1850 the second corn cornerstone was laid and the wom WOI k went rapidly ahead until 1883 when hen the monument war opined to the public From that time little was done un urr until until til tit the time erection of the magnificent Lin Lincola cola coin memorial with the reflecting pool poolIn poolin poolIn In het between een Now v it Is hoped that th e f federal deral building program for the National Capital w which Is un under under under der av will Ill carry forward time the lie corn com of the monument on the basic flans Inns for It and the de development of o othe f the mall mail or monument gardens ex extending extending extending tending from the Capitol to the monument monument ment so BO that all will be In readiness s for tor the National Capital for tor time the great celebration t two 0 hence The commission has also undertake un a to assist In the restoration of Wak- Wak Wak Wake field h field Va the birthplace of Washington Wa Hashing ton The Wakefield association pro proposes proposes proposes poses to add to the 70 acres which It now v owns 0 ns 00 acres more which are ar e necessary to treat the home and Its it s surroundings properly John D Roche Rockefeller feller Jr has made a provisional gif t In this connection and congress ess Ill wit willbe 1 be asked to appropriate GO to com complete complete the restoration Although these are the principal projects In width which the bicentennial corn com mission slon Is Interested they are not the th only memorials to Wa Washington whit h may be completed 1 and m he be the e of special of his hi s In 1932 On a beautiful 1 1 I not noli I 0 the historic hl city of ot Alex Alexandria Alexandrin andrla andria Va a Is rising thc e George Washington h 1 memo lal a 4 structure erect erected ed bv by the Mn ous ons of the COUll country try to toan t toan an honored ed fellow fello member which Is i s virtually certain to be completed within with withIn withIn In the nt nl t ne t t t two 0 years ears An effort Is being made also to fin finIsh finish Ish the George l I In Wn Washington so o that It wit also be he re idy for the 1912 The idea Ido fot foi this building cane came frolD frog George Georbe W n as himself who hI pro provided sided In hi his will for a u nn national lIonal lInh unI er e r a and 1111 e a cd ul In his list Met tie s sage to con ies-i ies 1 esi the of ot o f the the on of or knowledge ledge through h proper Institutions A center such as ns n the m i memorial l wll wIlL I pi 0 Ide h Ib 15 now lacking In n n According to plans the building wl lIt Ir hl hate eliCIt not only a lir e auditorium wit wita witha Ith Itha h a large or organ an but se several smaller r halls hulls seating from to Z 2 2500 people The building would be made acce s Elble sible character to conventions contentions com of ot every cHry charac churn r ter that may select Washington as a 11 place of assembly whether hether tile the co con n be International lute Inter luter r state or territorial or whether hether their them r character be business political i bus ous patriotic or social The memorial memo t al will be a center In fact f for tor the the di f fusion of ot I 1 ledge It will III be suit sum t able oble for tor Inaugural receptions und nail ball s ond and especially for p nations as congress Intended It tJ Lm fc be b when It gave ga the ground |