This month’s cover features a photograph of a couple watching the homecoming parade during Bridgewater College’s homecoming celebration in October 1973. The theme of the 1973 homecoming celebration was Country Comfort. The image is part of the Bridgewater College Special Collections, part of the John Kenny Forrer Learning Commons.

The Robert R. Newlen 75 and John C. Bradford Special Collections at Bridgewater College are committed to collecting, preserving, and making accessible the archival and material culture of Bridgewater College, the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and the regional Church of the Brethren. Learn more at https://libguides.bridgewater.edu/specialcollections.