Lifestyle

Centuries ago, in Europe, farming communities would designate a home in a central locale as a “public house,” or “pub” for short. It was a place for gathering, drinking spirits and holding meetings.

I was born and raised in Atlanta, Texas but, I did not hear about this celebration until 1982, not even in school. It was 1982 when we had a Juneteenth celebration at McNoble Park. It was fun, free food, domino games, softball, the church choir on one end of the park and blues playing on the other end.

William Savage came to Cass County, Texas with his wife, Martha and seven of his nine children sometime between June of 1880 and August 1881. Today, one hundred and eighteen years later, many of his descendants still live in Cass County.