"Rockdale, my hometown, is Texas' heart and significant part of its soul," George Sessions Perry wrote in his book, Texas: A World Unto Itself. Perry wrote with lifelong affection about his hometown, first as a novelist and later as a magazine journalist. He describes the pioneers of Rockdale as typical of restless Southerners who hitched their wagons and moved to Texas after the Civil War. . . . Clay Coppedge . . .
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
1927 :: Rockdale Lays Plans for Celebration
Rockdale, Tex., June 25. -- Carlyle Post No. 358, American Legion, is sponsoring a big one-day Fourth of July celebration at Rockdale fair park, on Monday, July 4. The program will open with a band concert at 8:30 a.m. Excellent entertainment features have been provided, including horse racing, goat roping, baseball games and other activities. The festivities will close with a dance at the open-air fair park pavilion, which begins at 9 o'clock p.m. Bartlett Tribune and News, July 1, 1927
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