Anyone with family ties to, or an interest in, the historical community of Melvin will want to fly home for the big event slated for Saturday.

The community welcomes Angelo State University professor emeritus Dr. Arnoldo De Leon, who will be the keynote speaker at what is being billed as once-in-a-lifetime history gathering.

Melvin is a community located south of U.S. Highway 87 in McCulloch County, just west of Brady and about 61 miles east of San Angelo.

A Time to Recall, Value, and Reunite with our Roots” event comes on the final day of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Organizers say the event will “commemorate the roles that Mexican-descent residents of Melvin played in the development of the area, particularly as it relates to the desegregation of schools from the 1930s through the 1950s.”