On October 10, I attended a community event in my hometown of Gate City. The event was called Hometown Festival. It is an annual event, where people all around the community gather to eat, play games and socialize with others. The gathering is sponsored by Holston View United Methodist Church. This is one of the two churches in Gate City and they hold most of all social gatherings. The majority of the people present was members of the church and elderly part of my community. In a more depth view, most of the members of the church were middle aged, white men, who all seemed to be there with their families. I believe that most of the men who did attend were farmers. I came to this observation because of how they talk, dressed, and presented
