"Possibly not; but it would be historically correct, which is even better."
"I do not think so. I do not believe that a pageant should follow the facts of history slavishly. The object is to reproduce in a beautiful manner the events of the past."
"Exactly so, Mrs. Jones. I have no objection to the beauty of the spectacle, but if the Historical Association, whose president and representative I am, are to contribute toward the pageant, I must insist upon some regard for historical truth."
"Well, what could we have? Are there not some events that would be suitable? Did not General Washington and Mrs. Washington visit our town?"
"They did not. They seem to have overlooked it."
"Was there never an Indian raid?"
"Yes; there was. In 1641."
"How would that do?"