Seventy years later, the descendants of those earlier Thanksgiving dinners are wildly scattered and number in the hundreds. My family gathered around my table, others gathered in other cities. Here is a write up in the style of a news item.
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Three generations gathered at the Thanksgiving table of the Cleage-Williams family Thursday. Although several members were unable to attend, four of the daughters and their children arrived bearing their specialties – collards, mac & cheese, cranberry sauce, bread, salad and more. Along with the turkey and dressing provided by grandmother, Kristin and the broiled salmon cooked by Grandfather James all was served atop an Ecuadorian tablecloth provided by a long time family friend.
There was laughter and lively discussions; songs were sung dramatically, and a game of dominoes was played. The family expects to gather again at Christmas time, hopefully with the missing family members present.
Hah–you did it! That’s great; your family certainly is news. Love the effect of the tablecloth being in color and everyone round it in black-and-white.
Thank you! At first I was going to have it all black and white, but I thought the red made it more interesting.
Great job on the photo, a very interesting technique to share!
I used photoshop layers. Desaturated the top layer to make it b&w and then erased the table top.
Beautiful photo and love all those happy faces. Those memories last forever!
As long as some of us who were there last anyway!
Lovely family gathering! Large families are such a blessing!
They are! This was nothing like your marathon, but it was good.