The tradition that I am presenting is Generational Pig Roasting. My great-great-grandpa was a Sharecropper; every year at the end of Tobacco season, he would butcher and cook a pig in a dirt pit for celebration. My great-grandfather (Deeda) continued to do this to carry on his family's tradition. He did this annually for Labor Day until he was physically unable to. My parents eventually got the recipe, and in 2021 we shared the experience with my mom's side of the family to celebrate the Fourth of July. Now that my Mom and Dad know the recipe, this tradition can be carried on through me and my family in the future. Roasting a pig used to be a way to celebrate the end of farming; farming was a way of life for people who needed a job and a place to stay in the past. This shows how America started in the beginning and has come to now. This is what it means to be American. This can connect to history because Tobacco used to be a precious cash crop used for money. My great-great-grandfather was just one of the many farmers helping out for a place to stay.

– PD

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