Gunnison Valley News | 1931-02-05 | Page 1 | Washington Birthday to be Greatest Celebration

WASHINGTON BIRTHDAY TO BE GREATEST CELEBRATION Washington's birthday this year j finds the nation engaged in prepara-1 tions for the greatest celebration in honor of an individual that has ever been planned in the history of the ! world. That is the bicentennial cele- bration of the birth of George Wash- j ington, which begins on February 22, 1932, and lasts throughout the year. Every citizen in the United States j is to have a part in this celebration i and in an illustrated feature article 1 which appears in this issue of The j News, Elmo Scott Watson tells of ! some of the plans for the great event next year. You will find much of interest in-terest to you in this article, "The Washington Bicentennial," in this issue. j i