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Texas is the only state to wear homecoming mums, but another state actually started the tradition, according to Texas Highways.
While mums started in Texas, the tradition has been spreading across the South with larger-than-life mum creations popping up at homecoming celebrations in Oklahoma, Alabama, Louisiana, and Virginia.
Students wear homecoming mums for up to 12 hours to classes, pep rallies, and to the homecoming football game and are considered a rite of passage in Texas. [10] [11] Male students sometimes wear a more compact version known as a homecoming garter, which is fixed to the upper arm with an elastic band. [10]
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The alumni band consists of former college and university band members who return for homecoming to perform with the current marching band (usually made up of recent graduates to members who graduated years or decades before) either during halftime as a full band or a featured section, e.g. the trumpet section or the tubas and drumline squads ...
Hobo Day is the homecoming celebration for South Dakota State University.It is usually celebrated in October. 2012 marked the 100th Anniversary of Hobo Day. The Hobo Day parade has been canceled just three times: once during World War I, a second time in 1942 during World War II, and a third in 2020 due to COVID-19.
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The family name, Tillerman also connects to the sailing theme. Family as home: The children learn the importance of families throughout the novel. Their "Homecoming" is a journey that leads them to a long-lost grandmother, the mother of their beloved - and now lost - Momma, and a key to unlocking their family history.