Juneteenth short for “June Nineteenth” marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston Texas, in1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed.
On Saturday June 8th The Cass County Genealogical Society will hold a free class on researching your ancestry to discover where you come from and who are your kin folk. The class is from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on the second floor of the Atlanta Public Library, 101 W. Hiram in downtown Atlanta. The instructor for this class is C.C.G.S. resident genealogist Traci Jones, Traci is the Registrar for the Trammel’s Trace Chapter of the NSDAR, She has completed several DAR genealogical research courses. This should be a verry informative and enjoyable class.
Atlanta Public Library hosted Animals at the Library on June 1.There was standing room only as local children and parents crowded the room to see exotic animals from Wild Things Zoofari.
The Caddo Wildflower Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas meets at 6:30 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Mary Dougherty Senior Citizens Center, 507 S. Kaufman St., Linden. Meetings are open to the public and start with a potluck before ending with a native plants/flowers raffle.
306 West Main St
Atlanta, TX 75551
903.796.7133