Hey Family:
It’s that time of year again. This year we’re headed to the beautiful and colorful city of Montgomery, Alabama. The city where the first shots were fired starting the Civil War. The city that was the capitol of the Confederate States of America and later became the city where the civil rights movement began. Nowhere else but in the South could that have happened. We’ll go back in time and follow our ancestors through their trials and struggles. I know it will remind us of how far we’ve come as a family and how far we still have to go. Also, I hope we will take what we’ve seen and heard back to our children and communities and begin to make even more differences.
In this mailing, I have enclosed the following information:
• Tentative Weekend Agenda – July 18, 19, 20 and 21, 2019.
• Links and Websites of Interest-attached
• Information for submitting family updates and/or pictures- attached
• PCG Family Facebook page – Type Peters-Clements-Gazaway Family Page in
• PCG Family website – http://www.peters-clements-gazaway.org/.
• Contact information for submitting updated family contact information (changes in phone #’s, mailing addresses, email addresses, birthdays, etc.)- attached.
In order to compile the 46th Annual Family Reunion Souvenir Booklet, I am requesting the head of each family unit to submit any family member updates for inclusion into the booklet. Items to be included in updates are: births, deaths, hospitalizations, job announcements/promotions, graduations, etc. These items are to be submitted to the family’s email address: peters.clements.gazaway.family@gmail.com.
*Business Corner – If you or someone in your family has a business or company, I would like to highlight your business/company, that’s if you didn’t send it last year. Again, send the following information – Company/Business Name, Executive Director’s/CEO’s Name, Business mailing address, Business Phone and Fax Numbers, Business Webpage address – to the family’s email address at peters.clements.gazaway.family@gmail.com.
*Family Cookbook– If you are the next Myrtis Robinson, Susie Peters Hall, Martha Stewart or the like and have perfected an old family recipe or stumbled across a scrumptious delight, please be sure to send the recipe for all to try and enjoy to the family’s email address no later than July 1, 2019, to peters.clements.gazaway.family@gmail.com.
* Lights, Camera, Action– If you have found an old picture and would like for someone to identify it, have pictures that were taken during previous family reunions, or any other pictures that would interest the family, please forward pictures in jpeg format no later than July 1, 2019 to the family’s email address at peters.clements.gazaway.family@gmail.com. Pictures will eventually be uploaded to the family’s Peters-Clements-Gazaway Facebook Page for all access.
Room Reservation – Hilton Garden Inn – 7665 EastChase Parkway, Montgomery, AL 36117 Phone: 334-244-0101 – Fax: 334-244-0102, www.montgomeryeastchase.hgi.com Rooms – $129.00 per night (two queen – sized beds or 1 king – sized bed per room) **Deadline to reserve rooms is: June 14, 2019.
Transportation – There is the regular means of transportation (buses -$2.00 one way; Cabs and Ubers), but we decided we would carpool to the attractions.
Listed Attractions
Riverboat – Harriott II – End of Commerce Street at Riverwalk, 36104 (334-625-2100)
- Lunch Time Cruise $20 per person (Board at 11:00 AM; cruise is 11:30 – 12:30 PM)
- Friday & Sat. Dinner Cruise Adults $45; Children $35 (Board at 6:30 PM, cruise 7 – 9 PM)
Museum of Alabama – 624 Washington Ave., 36104 (334-242-4435)
- Admission FREE
- Open Mon. – Fri., Research Room open Tues. – Fri.
National Center for the Study of Civil Rights & African American Culture -1345 Carter Hill Rd., 36106 (334-229-4876)
- Admission FREE
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice – 417 Caroline St., 36104 (334-269-1803)
- General Admission -$5
- Students and Seniors – $5
- Children 6 years and under – Free
The Legacy Museum – 115 Coosa St., 36104 (334-269-1803)
- Admission: Adults – $8
- Students and Seniors – $5
- Children 6 years and under – Free
***Combination Tickets for Museum and Memorial:
- Adults – $10
- Students and Seniors – $7
- Children 6 years and under – Free
Civil Rights Memorial & Center – 400 Washington Ave., 36104 (334-956-8479)
- Memorial – FREE
- Center – Adult admission $2, Children are admitted free of charge
- Large groups should complete the group tour form before visiting.
The Rosa Parks Library and Museum & Children’s Wing -252 Montgomery St., 36104 (334-241-8615)
- Time Machine to the 1800’s
Admission: Individual – Adults 7.50, Children (4-12) 5.50
- Bus Boycotts
Admission: Individual – Adults 7.50, Children (4-12) 5.50
***Group Rate: Adults 6.00, Children (4-12) 4.00 for both ***
The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church – 454 Dexter Ave., 36104 (334-263-3970)
- Admission: Adults 7.50, Children 5.50
Montgomery Biscuits, Class AA Affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays
- Game Location: Riverwalk Stadium, 200 Coosa Street, 36104
(334-323-2255 ext. 388) ***Game is played from 6:30 to 9:30 PM
- Entrance in game – 8.00 (bring your lawn chairs)
- The box seats- 10.00
- Super box seats- 12.00
- The executive club – 14.00
*** These are group rates (20 or more people), Hospitality Guide Included
Due to the high costs to create and duplicate the family Souvenir booklet, it will now switch from paper copy to electronic copy. Copies will be emailed to each family member that provides a valid email address. For those “seasoned” family members that do not have access to email or the web, a limited number of paper copies may be available. Please make sure that we have each of your family member’s email addresses. These verifications can be mailed to the PCG family email address at peters.clements.gazaway.family@gmail.com.
I hope this reunion will be as much fun as we’ve planned it to be. May the Grace of God shine upon you and have a safe trip to Montgomery. See you there!
Love,
Yolanda Flowers
Family Reunion Program Coordinator
yrrflowers@gmail.com
Phone: 205-440-0448