"The Pageant of Patriots"—the first children's patriotic pageant ever given in America—was produced in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N. Y., under the auspices of Brooklyn's ten Social Settlements, May, 1911. The Hawthorne Pageant was first produced on Arbor Day, May, 1911, by the Wadleigh High School, New York City; Pocahontas was given as a separate play at Franklin Park, Boston, by Lincoln House, and some of the other plays have been given at various schools in New York City.
Thanks are due to The Woman's Home Companion, The Delineator, The Designer, The Normal Instructor, and The Popular Educator for their kind permission to reprint these plays.
CONTENTS
[PATRIOTIC PLAYS: THEIR USE AND VALUE]
PAGEANTS
PAGEANTS OF PATRIOTISM
The outdoor arrangement can be produced by a whole school or group of schools, by groups of social settlements, communities, and cities, in parks, armories, woodland spaces or meadows on such occasions as the Fourth of July, Decoration Day, Bunker Hill Day, Labor Day, during Old Home Week, or for any special city or town celebration. The indoor arrangement of the same pageant is also suitable for whole schools, or groups of schools, groups of settlements, communities, villages, cities: in armories, school halls, assembly rooms, or small theaters on Columbus Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, or some day of special celebration.
PAGEANT OF PATRIOTS (Outdoor)
[Prologue by the Spirit of Patriotism]
[Princess Pocahontas]
[Pilgrim Interlude]
[Ferry Farm Episode]
[George Washington's Fortune]
[Daniel Boone: Patriot]
[Benjamin Franklin Episode]
[Abraham Lincoln Episode]
[Liberty Dance]
[Pageant Directions]
PAGEANT OF PATRIOTS (Indoor)
[Prologue by the Spirit of Patriotism]
[Dramatic Silhouette: Lords of the Forest]
[The Coming of the White Man: Tableau]
[Princess Pocahontas]
[Priscilla Mullins Spinning: Tableau]
[Benjamin Franklin: Journeyman]
[George Washington's Fortune]
[The Boston Tea Party]
[Dramatic Silhouette: The Spirit of '76]
[Abraham Lincoln: Rail-Splitter]
[Directions for Indoor Arrangement]