1.   A southern-style homecoming event for Alexander was held at the State Museum here.

2.   Clinton was unusually jaunty at his White House homecoming event.

3.   Originally, the homecoming event was planned for the Los Angeles Police Academy last year.

4.   The dinner, he said, had become a homecoming event of sorts for the drifting, rootless souls who rode the rails.

5.   Since weather was perfect from the start of the homecoming event, none of us brought a raincoat along for the seafood dinner.