A milestone gathering

Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting

Hotel Roanoke · Roanoke, Virginia

July 13–15, 2006

The preserved record

Celebrating fifty years of family fellowship

The former Society’s anniversary page preserved the people, performances, outings, and group portraits from the Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting. Family members gathered at Hotel Roanoke for three days in July 2006.

This restored page retains every photograph and every named participant from the archived page while presenting them in the style of the renewed Livesay Historical Society website.

Speakers and participants

Voices of the anniversary meeting

The original page identified these speakers and Society participants by name.

George Kegley speaking at the Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting — **George Kegley**Speaker

Cranston Williams Jr. speaking beside a display board — **Cranston Williams Jr.**Speaker

Dr. Neal Testerman speaking at the Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting — **Dr. Neal Testerman**Speaker

Dr. J. Francis Amos speaking at the Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting — **Dr. J. Francis Amos**Speaker

Society President Johanna Livesey speaking at the meeting — **Johanna Livesey**Society President

Joan and David Livesay presenting at the meeting — **Joan and David Livesay**Anniversary participants

Music and fellowship

Performances shared with the family

Old Dominion Cloggers performing at the anniversary meeting — **The Old Dominion Cloggers**Performing at the Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting.

Old Dominion Cloggers posing for a group photograph — **The performers**The Old Dominion Cloggers assembled for a group portrait.

Blue Grass All Stars performing at Hotel Roanoke — **The Blue Grass All Stars**Live music during the anniversary gathering.

Children joining a dancer during the anniversary celebration — **Joining the celebration**Young family members take part in the dancing.

Anniversary outing

A day among historic trains

The preserved photographs also record a group outing to a transportation collection during the Roanoke meeting.

Transportation museum building visited during the anniversary gathering — The transportation destination preserved on the original anniversary page.

Three anniversary attendees standing beside a historic locomotive — Family members beside a historic locomotive.

Large black steam locomotive in the transportation collection — A steam locomotive in the collection.

Red and black historic locomotive on display — A second locomotive photographed during the outing.

Front view of a historic steam locomotive — The locomotive display viewed from the front.

Together at Hotel Roanoke

The Fiftieth Anniversary family

Two formal group photographs close the visual record preserved by the former Society.

Large group portrait from the 2006 Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting — Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting group portrait, 2006.

Second large group portrait from the 2006 Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting — A second portrait of the gathered Livesay family.

Names and photographs are reproduced from the former Livesay Historical Society’s archived Fiftieth Anniversary page.

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