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In response to
"I watched Spider-Man: Homecoming yesterday. Fun flick. One minor issue I have is that no NYC school that I know of has a homecoming dance. ;-) -- (edited)"
by
Krusty
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I'll answer my own questions. Apparently it's more of a college thing than a H.S. thing and is about football.
Posted by
Krusty (aka krustylu)
Dec 31 '17, 07:22
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"Homecoming got its start on college campuses as a fall celebration of the first football game of the season, for which alumni would return to their alma maters. Although most early homecomings date back to the turn of the century, there's some debate over which school actually began the tradition. The University of Missouri claims to have invented homecoming in 1911, when Director of Athletics Chester L. Brewer had the bright idea to invite alumni back to the annual game against the University of Kansas—he further sauced things up with a spirit rally and parade. But while Trivial Pursuit and "Jeopardy!" also recognize Mizzou as homecoming's progenitor, Baylor University in Texas says it held its inaugural homecoming game in 1909. The University of Illinois dates its festivities to 1910, having held it every year since then except in 1918, when it was cancelled because of the influenza pandemic."
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