Show YORKTOWN COMMEMORATES TES FAMOUS HISTORICAL EVENT YO Yorkton kio n Va i Oct 1 old Yorktown for tho second time lime with withIn In the p rind of its Ite national da day commemorated with fitting core monies that glorious event In Amen Amerl can history with whIch Us its name la is identified d here was laid one hundred and years cars ago ngo to a tIny dar darthe the cornerstone of liberty upon whIch a J r r at naU has been built huilt hy by the or of Cornwallis today loday Is n c of less than people It ii Is thought the tho stage setting for that final drama of the revolutionary war var has been pre preserved served as the tho actors loft Ita relic of antiquity as veli as a monument to American patriotism The descendants of the signers of the declaration of Independence and an offspring of organization that the Yorktown historical society or of the United States recently decided to hold held an annual celebration here and probably people re responded tJ Li fir When that Is still with outa railroad is 15 talc laIc on en Into hc attend allend I Vs allY the larren of boats boals as the hill hili sid i housos tJ lO my JY there rod J he United States torpedo boats Do u po tr anti and the Biddle and th torpedo boat attached td th thO Maryland Jay r s sI I lon do dock kat at the oOt of oC the bill with corn p t of artillery havIng been een sent sont up from Fortress Monroe to lo holp do honor to the occasion To most time the exercises were isore the least of the celebration although there was WilS a parade of mounted horsemen and horsewomen led lod by bythe the Fort Monroe lonroe band and the soldiers and sailors then a parade of the schoolchildren school children and afterwards public speaking from Crom a grand stand erect ed cd In front of the historic old Nel on mansion Henry W Morris or of Philadelphia president of time the of the Si n a dIrect descend aut or Of f q a his JW 1 f IJ I Ic 1 c r Yorktown Va Oct ci IOn the historic grolln ground where Lord Cornwallis surrendered on this date hundred and years ears ago patriotic Americans are gathered today to cel cele e rale the event The exercises atc are being held under the auspices of oC the descendants of the signers ot o the bec of Independence the town Historical of the United States and the citizens of York coon coun ty Many Ian oC o the schools In the vicinity gave gRe a in old r to lo allow the thc to do Fo of artillery rr Monroe 1 Foe ah I a detach from the torpedo tie flo flotilla tilla The exercises opened with the spots spols by br a special lee flam i Historical I L Thi he of morning wasu iva a parade if the ac ool of and It at atthe tho sr lJ N at the lie Nel Nd s n house wh re the e excises of the dD day wore were concluded Representatives 1 Moor of Penns president o of the At Atlantic lantic Deep association de the principal address |