SAFE AND SANE CELEBRATION: Annual I Fourth of July Event At Druid Hill Park Will Be The Largest Of Its Kind Ever Held
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SAFE AND SANE CELEBRATION: Annual I Fourth of July Event At Druid Hill Park Will Be The Largest Of Its Kind Ever Held
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"Annual Fourth of July Event At Druid Hill Park Will Be The Largest Of Its Kind Ever Held
The Safe and Sane celebration of the Fourth of July will be started at one oclock on Tuesday afternoon at Ames Memorial M. E. Church, Carey and Baker streets, Rev. A. J. Mitchell, pastor, with a large mass meeting to which the general public is invited.
All the boy scout troops in the city will assemble and march 500 strong to the church. Seats will be reserved for them. The Uniform Rank of K. of P. has also been invited and seats will be reserved for them.
The speakers at the Mass meeting will be W. Ashbie Hawkins, Esq., Dr. B. M. Rhetta, chairman of the executive committee of the Colored Public Health Conference and Scoutmaster John Henson.
At 2 p.m., the Scouts, Pythians and citizens will form and march to Druid Hill Park.
At 3 p.m. there will be a pageant, parade and festival by the playground children under the direction of Mrs. Adelaide Green.
At 3.30 p.m., there will be singing of community songs by one thousand school children. All public schools children should report at the park to Mr. W. Llewellyn Wilson, who will direct the children and assign the children to place.
At 4 o’clock there will be a competitive drill by the Boy Scout Troops on the football field.
4.30 p. M., athletics:-
Boys under 10 years old
25-yard dash.
Potato race.
Elephant race.
Crawling race.
Crawling race.
Sack race.
Boys between 13 and 16 years
60 yard dash.
Standing jump.
220 yard dash.
440-yard dash.
Shuttle relay race
Boys between 10 and 13 years
50-yard dash.
Potato race.
Backward race.
Standing jump.
Shuttle relay race.
Boys over 16 years
100-yard dash.
220-yard dash.
Standing broad jump.
Running broad jump.
Shuttle relay race
880 yard dash.
From 7.30 to 9.30 Fireworks.
This event is by far the most auspicious event ever undertaken by the colored people of this city and it is expected that at least ten thousand people will be present."
The Safe and Sane celebration of the Fourth of July will be started at one oclock on Tuesday afternoon at Ames Memorial M. E. Church, Carey and Baker streets, Rev. A. J. Mitchell, pastor, with a large mass meeting to which the general public is invited.
All the boy scout troops in the city will assemble and march 500 strong to the church. Seats will be reserved for them. The Uniform Rank of K. of P. has also been invited and seats will be reserved for them.
The speakers at the Mass meeting will be W. Ashbie Hawkins, Esq., Dr. B. M. Rhetta, chairman of the executive committee of the Colored Public Health Conference and Scoutmaster John Henson.
At 2 p.m., the Scouts, Pythians and citizens will form and march to Druid Hill Park.
At 3 p.m. there will be a pageant, parade and festival by the playground children under the direction of Mrs. Adelaide Green.
At 3.30 p.m., there will be singing of community songs by one thousand school children. All public schools children should report at the park to Mr. W. Llewellyn Wilson, who will direct the children and assign the children to place.
At 4 o’clock there will be a competitive drill by the Boy Scout Troops on the football field.
4.30 p. M., athletics:-
Boys under 10 years old
25-yard dash.
Potato race.
Elephant race.
Crawling race.
Crawling race.
Sack race.
Boys between 13 and 16 years
60 yard dash.
Standing jump.
220 yard dash.
440-yard dash.
Shuttle relay race
Boys between 10 and 13 years
50-yard dash.
Potato race.
Backward race.
Standing jump.
Shuttle relay race.
Boys over 16 years
100-yard dash.
220-yard dash.
Standing broad jump.
Running broad jump.
Shuttle relay race
880 yard dash.
From 7.30 to 9.30 Fireworks.
This event is by far the most auspicious event ever undertaken by the colored people of this city and it is expected that at least ten thousand people will be present."
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Baltimore Afro-American
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1916-7-1
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