Fourth Wallace Descendant Homecoming brings family together in 2023

Greg McLeod photographer, 2023

Almost 100 black and white Wallace descendants gathered the weekend of October 7 for their fourth homecoming at the Wallace House and cemetery. Participants came from as far away as California, Oklahoma, Illinois, Texas, Wisconsin, and Washington DC. The day began at the cemetery, followed by a discussion at the House for discussion and dinner on the grounds. Elizabeth Webb and Salaam Green engaged descendants in inscribing their own names for the community columns sculpture project. A blues concert with Gary Edmonds (guitar and vocals), Caldwell Mackin (bass), and Dave Crenshaw (drums) performed in the afternoon. The homecoming will came to a close at the mother church, Scott’s Grove MIssionary Baptist Church, on Sunday morning.