The Wedding Gown Of Eleanor Roosevelt
President Theodore Roosevelt’s brother’s daughter, Eleanor Roosevelt, married Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the president’s fifth cousin, in 1905. They initially met when she was 14 years old and he was 18 years old. After losing contact, they reconnected four years later at a horse show at Madison Square Garden. The event was attended by Roosevelts from both sides of the family. F.D.R. proposed to Eleanor at the age of 22, and she was 19 at the time. Roosevelt and Roosevelt marrying was quite unusual. She wore an elegant headgear and a gown with a high neck and generous fabric shoulders.
The Wedding Gown of Eleanor Roosevelt
Barbara Bush Wore Her Mother-In-Law’s Veil
George H.W. Bush met his future wife, Barbara Pierce, while they were both teenagers in 1941. The former president recalled their first meeting in documentary 41. He stated, “She was dressed in this red and green gown for a Christmas holiday dance. ‘Who is that lovely young lady over there?’ I inquired. ‘My name is Barbara Pierce, and I’m from Rye, New York.’ So a fellow named Wozencraft introduced us. And, as they say, the rest is history.” The couple married in Rye’s First Presbyterian Church in 1945. Barbara wore the same bridal veil as George’s mother at her wedding.
Barbara Bush Wore Her Mother-In-Law’s Veil
