Family Reunion

I seems peculi~r to me that an ev~nt of on.e's childhood w~ich was at the tune a dull and tedious affair, to say the least, so often returns a few years later with a sens~ of .cha:m or pleasure that one is certain he never had in experrencmg It. SO the family reunion is with me. Not long ago, one could scarcely pass any public parks or farmhouses without seeing. stru?g between two tall trees, a large, white banner, bearing a family name and announcing that a reunion was in progress.. Now,. to the delight of the young and sorrow of the old, tl:e fal1111;: reunion as a planned ane! ors-anized annual event is chsappeanng fr0111 American life, even in rura! sectios of the country which were once its stronghold.