The year of birth on her death certificate is 1870; other sources state 1873.
She was the daughter of William S. Moore and Virginia Eastman Moore who married on December 1, 1870.
On October 5, 1910, she married Keith Forrest at the home of her father in the District of Columbia.
They were the parents of one daughter, Henrietta Marie Forrest, who married Midshipman Thomas James Thornhill Jr. of San Antonio, Texas.
Henrietta and Thomas Thornhill were the parents of four children: Thomas James Thornhill (1930-1986), Randolph Clay Thornhill (1931-1986), Irene Keith Thornhill (1933-2010) and Parker Thornhill (1936-2014).
Marie Moore Forrest was born in the District of Columbia, the daughter of Commodore William Sturtevant Moore, United States Navy, who served as a Republican member of the Massachusetts Legislature. She was a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and also studied in Europe. She was one of the founders of the dramatic movement in the District of Columbia. She was the Director of Drama and Pageantry for the Community Center Department after World War I under the Board of Education. When she retired in 1942 the department became part of the newly formed District Recreation Department. She was a supporter of women's rights and a founder of the National Woman's Party. She fought for the vote for women and once told a friend that she had been jailed for picketing the White House. Her pageants included as many as 1,000 players. If a battle scene was planned the United States Cavalry participated. A favorite setting was the steps of the Capitol building. At the height of her career in the years after World War I she was nationally known for her work and staged commemorative pageants in other parts of the country, including Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 1917 she presented the pageant that opened the Sylvan Theater. She was chair of pageantry for the War Camp Community Service and staged many patriotic pageants and plays for servicemen. She was in charge of the pageantry for the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the birthday of George Washington in 1932. The pageant was presented on the Monument Grounds with a cast of 1,000. The cavalry portrayed both the Continental and British armies in battle with George Washington riding in their midst. Another pageant was presented in Constitution Hall with a cast of 722. She presented a street parade with floats from all over the country. When Charles A. Lindbergh returned from his Atlantic flight he visited the District on Flag Day. She was presenting a pageant on the west steps of the Capitol with a living flag made up of children. When Mr. Lindbergh appeared, the children ran to get a better look and the flag dissolved. In 1926 she presented the first community Fourth of July celebration at the Capitol commemorating the 150th anniversary of Independence Day. In 1927 she helped found the one-act play tournament. She also presented The Cross Triumphant at the Washington Cathedral. She was national secretary for the Belleau Woods Memorial Association; a life member and former board member of the Women's City Club and member of the Mid-City Citizens Association, the Society of Natives, the Navy League, the League of American Pen Women and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a page at the first DAR Continental Congress when it convened on February 22, 1892 with Mrs. Benjamin Harris, wife of the President of the United States and first President General, presiding. She was a charter member of the Mary Washington Chapter and a DAR member for 65 years. She died at age 86 on Saturday, December 1, 1956 at Whitehall Sanitarium in Falls Church after an illness of two years. She was predeceased by her husband, Randolph Keith Forrest, an attorney with the United States Pension Office who died in 1930. Survivors included one daughter, Henrietta Thornhill of 1319 Thirty-fourth Street Northwest. Services were held at Emmanuel Church on the Hill at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. Interment was at Mount Comfort Cemetery.
Sources: The Evening Star, Tuesday, December 4, 1956 and The Evening Star, Sunday, April 14, 1957.
The Evening Star
Wednesday, September 28, 1910
In The World Of Society
The wedding of Miss Marie Henderson Moore, daughter of Commodore William Sturtevant Moore, United States Navy, retired and Mr. Keith Forrest of Georgetown, will take place Wednesday, October 5, in the home of the bride's father, on K Street. Only the immediate families of the bride and bridegroom will be present and they will go away immediately after the ceremony for their wedding trip. Miss Moore is a member of a well-known old family of the District. Mr. Forrest's family is one of the oldest and best known in Georgetown.
She was the daughter of William S. Moore and Virginia Eastman Moore who married on December 1, 1870.
On October 5, 1910, she married Keith Forrest at the home of her father in the District of Columbia.
They were the parents of one daughter, Henrietta Marie Forrest, who married Midshipman Thomas James Thornhill Jr. of San Antonio, Texas.
Henrietta and Thomas Thornhill were the parents of four children: Thomas James Thornhill (1930-1986), Randolph Clay Thornhill (1931-1986), Irene Keith Thornhill (1933-2010) and Parker Thornhill (1936-2014).
Marie Moore Forrest was born in the District of Columbia, the daughter of Commodore William Sturtevant Moore, United States Navy, who served as a Republican member of the Massachusetts Legislature. She was a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and also studied in Europe. She was one of the founders of the dramatic movement in the District of Columbia. She was the Director of Drama and Pageantry for the Community Center Department after World War I under the Board of Education. When she retired in 1942 the department became part of the newly formed District Recreation Department. She was a supporter of women's rights and a founder of the National Woman's Party. She fought for the vote for women and once told a friend that she had been jailed for picketing the White House. Her pageants included as many as 1,000 players. If a battle scene was planned the United States Cavalry participated. A favorite setting was the steps of the Capitol building. At the height of her career in the years after World War I she was nationally known for her work and staged commemorative pageants in other parts of the country, including Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 1917 she presented the pageant that opened the Sylvan Theater. She was chair of pageantry for the War Camp Community Service and staged many patriotic pageants and plays for servicemen. She was in charge of the pageantry for the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the birthday of George Washington in 1932. The pageant was presented on the Monument Grounds with a cast of 1,000. The cavalry portrayed both the Continental and British armies in battle with George Washington riding in their midst. Another pageant was presented in Constitution Hall with a cast of 722. She presented a street parade with floats from all over the country. When Charles A. Lindbergh returned from his Atlantic flight he visited the District on Flag Day. She was presenting a pageant on the west steps of the Capitol with a living flag made up of children. When Mr. Lindbergh appeared, the children ran to get a better look and the flag dissolved. In 1926 she presented the first community Fourth of July celebration at the Capitol commemorating the 150th anniversary of Independence Day. In 1927 she helped found the one-act play tournament. She also presented The Cross Triumphant at the Washington Cathedral. She was national secretary for the Belleau Woods Memorial Association; a life member and former board member of the Women's City Club and member of the Mid-City Citizens Association, the Society of Natives, the Navy League, the League of American Pen Women and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a page at the first DAR Continental Congress when it convened on February 22, 1892 with Mrs. Benjamin Harris, wife of the President of the United States and first President General, presiding. She was a charter member of the Mary Washington Chapter and a DAR member for 65 years. She died at age 86 on Saturday, December 1, 1956 at Whitehall Sanitarium in Falls Church after an illness of two years. She was predeceased by her husband, Randolph Keith Forrest, an attorney with the United States Pension Office who died in 1930. Survivors included one daughter, Henrietta Thornhill of 1319 Thirty-fourth Street Northwest. Services were held at Emmanuel Church on the Hill at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. Interment was at Mount Comfort Cemetery.
Sources: The Evening Star, Tuesday, December 4, 1956 and The Evening Star, Sunday, April 14, 1957.
The Evening Star
Wednesday, September 28, 1910
In The World Of Society
The wedding of Miss Marie Henderson Moore, daughter of Commodore William Sturtevant Moore, United States Navy, retired and Mr. Keith Forrest of Georgetown, will take place Wednesday, October 5, in the home of the bride's father, on K Street. Only the immediate families of the bride and bridegroom will be present and they will go away immediately after the ceremony for their wedding trip. Miss Moore is a member of a well-known old family of the District. Mr. Forrest's family is one of the oldest and best known in Georgetown.
The year of birth on her death certificate is 1870; other sources state 1873.
She was the daughter of William S. Moore and Virginia Eastman Moore who married on December 1, 1870.
On October 5, 1910, she married Keith Forrest at the home of her father in the District of Columbia.
They were the parents of one daughter, Henrietta Marie Forrest, who married Midshipman Thomas James Thornhill Jr. of San Antonio, Texas.
Henrietta and Thomas Thornhill were the parents of four children: Thomas James Thornhill (1930-1986), Randolph Clay Thornhill (1931-1986), Irene Keith Thornhill (1933-2010) and Parker Thornhill (1936-2014).
Marie Moore Forrest was born in the District of Columbia, the daughter of Commodore William Sturtevant Moore, United States Navy, who served as a Republican member of the Massachusetts Legislature. She was a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and also studied in Europe. She was one of the founders of the dramatic movement in the District of Columbia. She was the Director of Drama and Pageantry for the Community Center Department after World War I under the Board of Education. When she retired in 1942 the department became part of the newly formed District Recreation Department. She was a supporter of women's rights and a founder of the National Woman's Party. She fought for the vote for women and once told a friend that she had been jailed for picketing the White House. Her pageants included as many as 1,000 players. If a battle scene was planned the United States Cavalry participated. A favorite setting was the steps of the Capitol building. At the height of her career in the years after World War I she was nationally known for her work and staged commemorative pageants in other parts of the country, including Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 1917 she presented the pageant that opened the Sylvan Theater. She was chair of pageantry for the War Camp Community Service and staged many patriotic pageants and plays for servicemen. She was in charge of the pageantry for the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the birthday of George Washington in 1932. The pageant was presented on the Monument Grounds with a cast of 1,000. The cavalry portrayed both the Continental and British armies in battle with George Washington riding in their midst. Another pageant was presented in Constitution Hall with a cast of 722. She presented a street parade with floats from all over the country. When Charles A. Lindbergh returned from his Atlantic flight he visited the District on Flag Day. She was presenting a pageant on the west steps of the Capitol with a living flag made up of children. When Mr. Lindbergh appeared, the children ran to get a better look and the flag dissolved. In 1926 she presented the first community Fourth of July celebration at the Capitol commemorating the 150th anniversary of Independence Day. In 1927 she helped found the one-act play tournament. She also presented The Cross Triumphant at the Washington Cathedral. She was national secretary for the Belleau Woods Memorial Association; a life member and former board member of the Women's City Club and member of the Mid-City Citizens Association, the Society of Natives, the Navy League, the League of American Pen Women and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a page at the first DAR Continental Congress when it convened on February 22, 1892 with Mrs. Benjamin Harris, wife of the President of the United States and first President General, presiding. She was a charter member of the Mary Washington Chapter and a DAR member for 65 years. She died at age 86 on Saturday, December 1, 1956 at Whitehall Sanitarium in Falls Church after an illness of two years. She was predeceased by her husband, Randolph Keith Forrest, an attorney with the United States Pension Office who died in 1930. Survivors included one daughter, Henrietta Thornhill of 1319 Thirty-fourth Street Northwest. Services were held at Emmanuel Church on the Hill at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. Interment was at Mount Comfort Cemetery.
Sources: The Evening Star, Tuesday, December 4, 1956 and The Evening Star, Sunday, April 14, 1957.
The Evening Star
Wednesday, September 28, 1910
In The World Of Society
The wedding of Miss Marie Henderson Moore, daughter of Commodore William Sturtevant Moore, United States Navy, retired and Mr. Keith Forrest of Georgetown, will take place Wednesday, October 5, in the home of the bride's father, on K Street. Only the immediate families of the bride and bridegroom will be present and they will go away immediately after the ceremony for their wedding trip. Miss Moore is a member of a well-known old family of the District. Mr. Forrest's family is one of the oldest and best known in Georgetown.
She was the daughter of William S. Moore and Virginia Eastman Moore who married on December 1, 1870.
On October 5, 1910, she married Keith Forrest at the home of her father in the District of Columbia.
They were the parents of one daughter, Henrietta Marie Forrest, who married Midshipman Thomas James Thornhill Jr. of San Antonio, Texas.
Henrietta and Thomas Thornhill were the parents of four children: Thomas James Thornhill (1930-1986), Randolph Clay Thornhill (1931-1986), Irene Keith Thornhill (1933-2010) and Parker Thornhill (1936-2014).
Marie Moore Forrest was born in the District of Columbia, the daughter of Commodore William Sturtevant Moore, United States Navy, who served as a Republican member of the Massachusetts Legislature. She was a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and also studied in Europe. She was one of the founders of the dramatic movement in the District of Columbia. She was the Director of Drama and Pageantry for the Community Center Department after World War I under the Board of Education. When she retired in 1942 the department became part of the newly formed District Recreation Department. She was a supporter of women's rights and a founder of the National Woman's Party. She fought for the vote for women and once told a friend that she had been jailed for picketing the White House. Her pageants included as many as 1,000 players. If a battle scene was planned the United States Cavalry participated. A favorite setting was the steps of the Capitol building. At the height of her career in the years after World War I she was nationally known for her work and staged commemorative pageants in other parts of the country, including Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 1917 she presented the pageant that opened the Sylvan Theater. She was chair of pageantry for the War Camp Community Service and staged many patriotic pageants and plays for servicemen. She was in charge of the pageantry for the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the birthday of George Washington in 1932. The pageant was presented on the Monument Grounds with a cast of 1,000. The cavalry portrayed both the Continental and British armies in battle with George Washington riding in their midst. Another pageant was presented in Constitution Hall with a cast of 722. She presented a street parade with floats from all over the country. When Charles A. Lindbergh returned from his Atlantic flight he visited the District on Flag Day. She was presenting a pageant on the west steps of the Capitol with a living flag made up of children. When Mr. Lindbergh appeared, the children ran to get a better look and the flag dissolved. In 1926 she presented the first community Fourth of July celebration at the Capitol commemorating the 150th anniversary of Independence Day. In 1927 she helped found the one-act play tournament. She also presented The Cross Triumphant at the Washington Cathedral. She was national secretary for the Belleau Woods Memorial Association; a life member and former board member of the Women's City Club and member of the Mid-City Citizens Association, the Society of Natives, the Navy League, the League of American Pen Women and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a page at the first DAR Continental Congress when it convened on February 22, 1892 with Mrs. Benjamin Harris, wife of the President of the United States and first President General, presiding. She was a charter member of the Mary Washington Chapter and a DAR member for 65 years. She died at age 86 on Saturday, December 1, 1956 at Whitehall Sanitarium in Falls Church after an illness of two years. She was predeceased by her husband, Randolph Keith Forrest, an attorney with the United States Pension Office who died in 1930. Survivors included one daughter, Henrietta Thornhill of 1319 Thirty-fourth Street Northwest. Services were held at Emmanuel Church on the Hill at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. Interment was at Mount Comfort Cemetery.
Sources: The Evening Star, Tuesday, December 4, 1956 and The Evening Star, Sunday, April 14, 1957.
The Evening Star
Wednesday, September 28, 1910
In The World Of Society
The wedding of Miss Marie Henderson Moore, daughter of Commodore William Sturtevant Moore, United States Navy, retired and Mr. Keith Forrest of Georgetown, will take place Wednesday, October 5, in the home of the bride's father, on K Street. Only the immediate families of the bride and bridegroom will be present and they will go away immediately after the ceremony for their wedding trip. Miss Moore is a member of a well-known old family of the District. Mr. Forrest's family is one of the oldest and best known in Georgetown.
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