Show UNS M GH Kin BOSTON WILL w. WILLBE BE REPEATED o r ver Sons of the Revolution Revolution Revolution Revo Revo- lution Will Travel Lei Lel- Leisurely surely in Autos NEW YORK June 19 19 The The Tho route Washington covered in his journey jour ney fey from Philadelphia to Cambridge o in 1115 retake tako command of the American army will b be bd marked by a special pilgrimage pilgrimage pil pH grimage c. c under tho the auspices of ot theat the tho K National at Society of tho Sons of tho the American Revolution starting from Philadelphia Phil Phill l next Dext week weak i 6 V The tiThe clattering cavalcade ea which k J t. t f t r escorted General Washington to Cam Cam- r Abridge and which Irving has said U was wasI I 1 iT t he gaze Rau and wonder of every ery town on nn and f maJ c 71 took nine nino days to make in a 1 F. F hurry journey which could casH easily bo ho accomplished ac f r by rail roil today between break break- j I t. t fast and dinner but tho the proposed pil pil- f- f k m will be a leisurely one by automobile au au- starting as ns Washington ton did didon didon didon on June 23 3 and concluding with nth core cere ceremonies monies at Cambridge e on July 3 3 the tho da day Washington on took formal command of the arm army i 1 To visit Matt Historic Spots I li Ii i is expected that more moro than a hun bun 1 fa d. d participants will make mako the tho teny teny ten ten- y t journey all aU tho way a from la III to Cambridge e an and nd that over oyer local et qt Jih h B the party part will be augmented several hundred It Is III proposed to to o make mako special visits historic of spots revolutionary days here re an and there thero to lace a new tabor tab tab- Lor or r dc dedicate some somo other memorial to in ington onI on I i idea was presented by tho the George o chapter of of- Springfield KI at t th the co Congress ress of tho the national yip in Chicago o in May last year ando and andy o V y resolved that it jt be a carried out ii scary P. P Punderson of ot n old s' s chief marshal of tho pil pilgrimage e. e A committee of members from Pennsyl Pennsyl- yania New Nely Jersey New York Connecticut lent and Massachusetts was appointed to co operate co T Washington's departure for Band and was nos taken just t a week the Continental congress cons at Philadelphia ad ael by unanimous yot vote voto ox n June Juno 16 1775 made choice of im to be com corn nander in chief chic o 0 ot C the tho forces raised nd ad J to be raised raised in n a defense of Anteri Ameri- liberty n no o 0 first skirmishes at att t and Dd ad Concord in in April had eon cen answered throughout New England y y the tho dispatch of largo large volunteer oi COs f to o Cambridge e. e A motley garbed Ind Del nd poorly equipped but enthusiastic nd ad patriotic army of men had Assembled for tho the siege e of Boston Doston my As Asked t d Expenses Washington's ashin commission was signed Ded 10 lie vcr very c day Ia ay that th the the of Dunker ill was fou fought ht Tho proposal that ho he be bo allowed a month for hi his nv- nv and and expenses s was adopted cl bv by the i congress cons but he contended that ho desired de dc sired no po pay Ho He would keep an account account ac ac- ac count of his expenses and these only should be met b by congress congress On tho the night of June 22 tho the hurried arran arrangements for Washington's departure de de- had been completed and a farewell farewell fare fare- well dinner was given in his nis honor at Philadelphia In commemoration of this event the Sons of tho the Revolution will hold bold a banquet at Philadelphia on tho the night nis-ht of June 22 and start as Washington did tho the next morning for New York To Maintain Same Time Tho The Philadelphia hia troop of ot light horse whose hose standard was the first flag on which thirteen stripes appeared emblematic emblematic emblem emblem- otic of tho the thirteen colonies acted as Washington's escort The first nights night's stop is believed to have hav been beon at t Tren- Tren renton ren- ren ton on where the automobile pilgrimage e wilt via wil also stop The Tho dedication of historic his his- tonic oric tablets will bo be part art of the exorcises exorcises exor exor- hero hore as it will wilI De oe a at practically ever very every place where the par party stops By nr New Brunswick and other New Jersey points the party will win move on onto n to New York t timing min their arrival arrival to o fit t that of Washington ton at 4 0 o'clock clock in n the tho afternoon on of June 25 Tho The tablet t. t will be placed laced at tho the site o Colonel f Anthony s resi- resi resi- resi landed after where Washington crossing the Hudson from irom Hoboken This is in in the vicinity of tho the present Canal Conal street in what is now p part art rt of the downtown section of New York but which was then outside of the tho settled portion of the cit city The New York provincial congress presented Washington with a Yer very complimentary com corn address to which ho lie replied re re- plied Banquet at New York The reading of these documents will willbe willbo be bo part of the tho celebration which the Sons of ot the tho Revolution will conduct at atthe atthe atthe the on Wall Wan street which was the site sito of the tho meeting place of the pro congress res on Frida Friday June will also be an address address ad ad- 26 6 ne next t. t A f feature dress b bj by former President General C. 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A A banquet will be held heM in New York that evening to be bo addressed addressed ad ad- dressed b by tho the pre present ent president general gen gen- en orall eral Rogers Clark Ballard Thurston of Louisville Ky Washington Washington ton moved on toward te Boston on June 26 6 as the pilgrimage will do presumably over o the of old post road halting halting halt halt- ln ing for the ni night ht at o and continuing next day to Fairfield The Tho Washington party porty arrived d in Now Newt Haen hayen Ha- Ha yen en on Juno June 28 and reviewed a militia company compau of Yale students on tho green reen Washington on lod lodged cd that night at at the tho house o of the late lato Isaac Isaae Beers corn corner or of Chapel and College streets at the site of which now nod occupied by a hotel th the present resent pilgrims will dedicate a memorial memoria tablet Conclude at Cambridge The present party arty will wm proceed on Monday the thc to toW Wethersfield visiting vis vie itin t the e home homo of or Silas Deano Deane where Washington was entertained and halt for the night at Hartford At Springfield Springfield Spring Spring- field the tho next day a tablet will be bo placed on tho the site of Parsons Parson's tavern where Washington stopped On Wednesday tho the journey will win be bo continued contin contino continued through Palmer and Brookfield to Worcester and the tho next da day through other historic towns to Watertown and md Cambridge c. c On the tho 3rd of July Tuly the day on which Washington Washinton drew his his' sword as commander com corn mander in chief of the armies the tho Sons of the Revolution will conclude their ceremonies with appropriate exercises at Cambri Cambridge e. e I |