Eleanor Roosevelt’s Wedding Dress
When Eleanor Roosevelt married Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the president’s fifth cousin, in 1905, she was the daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt’s brother and the daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt. They initially met when she was 14 years old and he was 18 years old. They have been together ever since. Their paths crossed at a horse exhibition at Madison Square Garden four years after they had lost contact with one another. Roosevelts from both sides of the family were in attendance at the celebration. Eleanor was 19 when F.D.R. proposed to her when he was 22 and she was 19. A marriage between Roosevelt and Roosevelt was not unheard of. Her gown, which had a high neck and puffy fabric shoulders, was topped off with a beautiful hat.
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Wedding Dress
Barbara Bush Wore Her Mother-In-Law’s Veil
In 1941, George H.W. Bush and his future wife, Barbara Pierce, were both teenagers when they first met. In the documentary 41, the former president discussed their first meeting with the former president. It was he who stated, “They referred to it as a holiday dance during the Christmas season, and she was dressed in this red and green attire. ‘Who is this good-looking female, who is that gorgeous girl over there?’ I inquired. ‘That’s Barbara Pierce from Rye, New York,’ she responded. So a guy by the name of Wozencraft introduced us to each other. And the rest, as they say, is history.” The ceremony took place at the First Presbyterian Church in Rye, New York, in 1945. In her own wedding ceremony, Barbara wore the wedding veil that George’s mother had worn.
Barbara Bush Wore Her Mother In Law’s Veil
