McKenzie, Tenn.–The Webb School Alumni Association will host a ribbon-cutting this Saturday, July 20, to celebrate the former Webb Public School being placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held from 11 a.m. to noon at the school at 938 Walnut Ave. West.
When the Webb School, a historic Rosenwald School for African- American children closed its doors in 1966, a group of alumni immediately acted to form the Webb Alumni Association in efforts to preserve the memories of the education and of those students in over 22 communities who attended the school. In 1971, the alumni raised enough funds to purchase their alma mater and in 2016, the group opened a museum which houses Webb School artifacts collected through the years by the alumni and families of those who attended the school.
The public is invited to the ribbon-cutting. Refreshments will be served.