Excerpt from Memorial Day Pageant: Arranged for Communities and Schools
The pageant has now begun, and from the center background comes The State, a tall, feminine figure wearing a Greek dress of white cheese-cloth. She wears a mantle of the State color caught at her shoulders with golden clasps. (by State color is meant the official color of any State in which the pageant is given.) A wreath of the State flowers rests lightly on her flowing hair. A small shield of silver, on which the State seal appears in replica, is fastened to her breast. She carries a stafir from which floats the Stars and Stripes. As she appears in the background, she lifts high the flag, as if in salute, and the Chorus bursts into The Star Spangled Banner. The State lowers the flag, letting the standard rest on the ground, and stands motionless to the end of the anthem.
When the anthem ceases she walks forward, and when she has reached the center of the stage, well to the front, she looks directly at the audience and speaks the Prologue in a clear, resonant, far reaching voice.
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