Assemblies viewed with nostalgia and trepidation, as continuous media presentations underscore. Many reunions are generational, marking rites of passage in education or military service. The 25th reunion establishes a milestone for adult change with regard to high school and college, and provides a retrospective framing for many films and television shows. Other reunions deal with localities, assembling former residents of changing areas to recall “the old neighborhood.” Family reunions unite space and time, whether small-scale events associated with holidays, more emotional coming together at marriage and funerals or massive assemblies that may cross race and class lines in search of history and unity. These may be associated with famous figures (descendants of Thomas Jefferson), but more often mark tradition and separation in black and white families.