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PROGRAM FOR DEDICATING GRANT MEMORIAL TOMORROWThe completed order of exercises for the dedication of the Grant Memorial at 2:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, as announced by Lieut.Col. C. O. Sherrill, ir. charge of public buildings and grounds, is as follows:MUSIC—Before the Exercises/Exercises called to order by Rt. Rev. and Gen. Samuel Fallows, president of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee and chairman of the Grant Memorial Commission.Invocation .by Rev. William Edwards Huntington. D. D., president emeritus of Boston University and first lieutenant under Grant in the 49th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.. 1Presentation of the colors and salute to the flag—Grand Army of the Republic. John Middleton, ofticer of the day; James H. Perkins, colorbearer.introductory remarks by Lieut. Cyl. ^Clarence O. Sherrill. I*. S. A., executive officer of the Grant Memorial Commission.MUSIC.The unveiling of the Memorial by Princess Cantacuzene, granddaughter. and Princess Ida Cantacuzene, greut-granddaughter of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.MUSIC—“The Star Spangled Banner.Salute of twenty-one guns by .Battery I). 3d United Stales Field Artillery, (’apt. Steele Wotkins commanding.Presentation of floral tributes—President. Congress. Supreme Court. Army of the Tennessee. Army of the Potomac. Army of the Cumberland and others desiring to place wreaths.MUSIC.Presentation of the Memorial on behalf of. the Grant Memorial Commission—John W. Weeks, Secretary of War, member of the commission.Acceptance of the Memorial on behalf of the government and the people of the United States (principal address) by Calvin Coolidge. \ice President of the United States. IMUSIC. ITribute to Gen. Grant, poem by Associate Justice Wendell Phillips ! Stafford. District Supreme Court. !Formal dedication of the Memorial by Gen. John J. Pershing, commander-in-chief of the Armies of the United States; Secretary Edwin Denby of the Navy and Julian S. Carr, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans.Formal dedication of the Memorial by the Grand Army of the Republic (ritual)—Gen. Lewis L. Pilcher, commander-in-chief of the Army of the Republic, assisted by Past Commanders-in-chief Washington Gardner. James Tanner. John It. King. 1. M. Hall, senior vice commander in charge; Col. John McElroy, Maj. Gen. John L Clem. Rear Admiral b. J. Drake. Past Chaplin-in-chief Samuel Fallows and Judge Smith mckenloopep. recording secretary ami treasurer of the Army of the Tennessee.MUSIC.Tribute to the sculptor. Henry Merwin *Shrady. and presentation of the architect. Edward Pearce Casey, by the presiding officer.Benedict ion by Washington Gardner, past commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic.TAPS.Guard of honor, company of cadets from United Slates Military Academy, amiGuard of honor, company of midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy. 'i- . ?'.a,es Army Kand' Lulled Slates Navy Band.I nited States Marine Band.)
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Evening Star
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Wed, Apr 26, 1922
Page 23
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