Bringing Families Together:

The Importance of the Family Reunion

We have all heard the saying, you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family. It is true. We can’t choose these people, they are gifts, they are reflections… reflections of our lives, our love, ourselves…

There are three parts to every reflection. There is, of course you. There is the recognition of yourself, your characteristics, the way you laugh, your movements, your mannerisms, your memories, discovered in another. Then, there is the third part of every reflection: the distance in between.

Too close and one can hardly tell where one begins and the other ends. Too distant and that feeling, that familiarity, that recognition, becomes only a memory.  What is essential is the meeting point, the mirror’s edge, a place bright and still, midway between, which allows for both clarity and revelry.

This is the place where we can see the nuances in each reflection: my mother’s eyes, my father’s hands, my grandmother’s gifts, my cousin’s stance. This middle ground is the place where we meet to laugh with joy and hear the echo resonate back to us through the laughter and acceptance of family. This halfway point is the place where distance fades, where connections are made, and where the celebration of Reunion reminds of what is truly important. This is the place Where Families Come Together. This is Gorgeous Prince George’s County, Maryland.

Gorgeous Prince George’s County is the middle ground families are looking for to bridge the distance. It is the place, bright as the nation’s capital, still as the quiet parks, that we can rediscover the reflections in those we love.  It is the Mid-Atlantic gathering point for families and their moments of reunion.

Stories of reunion ring true to us all in ways, whether it is in our hopes or our memories. Prince George’s County has taken on the Family Reunion Initiative in an effort to connect with that truth. The truth is, we want to bridge distance, we want that reflection of the familiar, we want to come together… we treasure those times. Response to the Family Reunion Sweepstakes has reached far wide, to thousands of individuals in 43 states including Alaska, New Mexico, Maine, and Hawaii. Gorgeous Prince George’s is making their name as the Family Reunion capital of the United States.

Prince George’s County has become the leader in providing resources, planning, and assistance for family celebrations of kinship and lineage in the Mid-Atlantic region. The County’s expertise in creating memorable, bountiful gatherings, close proximity to the nation’s capitol, strong heritage, and historical ties to joyful family unions are the reasons “Where Families Come Together” resonates so strongly, with so many.

Prince George’s County, Maryland—The Family Reunion Capital of the Nation.