First Family Weddings

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[afraidfortherepublic]

I ran across this historical collection of photos of First Family Weddings and I thought that I'd post some of them for your enjoyment. Many of these I've never seen before. Please go to the link to see all of them.

[Tennessee Nana]

and the baby at every Christening

[onyx]

Thank you for this thread!!! I’m going to the link to view all.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Patti Davis wedding to Paul Grilley, 1984.

[maggief]

Second husband:

Jay Kelly (Amy's Husband), Amy Carter and soon to be 9 years of age and a Drummer Hugo Carter (Amy Carter's Son) backstage before the Willie Nelson and B.B.King concert in Atlanta Georgia at Chastain Park Amphitheater on July 27, 2008 in Atlanta.

[GreenLanternCorps]

From Wikipedia:

Once, a White House visitor commented on Alice’s frequent interruptions to the Oval Office, often because of her political advice. The exhausted President commented to his friend, author Owen Wister, after the third interruption to their conversation and after threatening to throw Alice ‘out the window’, “I can either run the country or I can attend to Alice, but I cannot possibly do both.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Roosevelt_Longworth

[afraidfortherepublic]

I think that it is really sad that the Carter's allowed their daughter to go around like that. Rosalynn is a cosmetician by trade. They had plenty of money. They could have afforded more stylish glasses frames -- after all rimless, or wires, were in style in 1984 -- or bought contacts for her. They didn't even see that she had a decent looking wedding dress. My daughter was married in 1985. Although the Princess Diana sleeves were all the rage and picture brim hats, there were plenty of beautiful dresses out there; and they didn't cost all that much. Amy looks like she grabbed her dress out of the dirty laundry basket.

I don't care if Amy was a poor student at the time, her parents had enough money to buy her a decent dress, cut and style her hair, and buy her some new frames for her glasses. Amy has to live with these pictures for the rest of her life. Jimmeh & Rosalynn should be horsewhipped.

Oh yes. I just remembered. Rosalynn wore that recycled blue number to their inauguration ball. That looked pretty dowdy too. I guess she's a saver.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I take it all back. I just looked at Amy’s picture again and the wedding was in 1996, not in the 1980s. But they had pretty dressed then too. I see further down that she has been married twice. I wonder who is the father of that little boy who seems to favor long hair too? I like the way Amy looks in maggief’s photo. She looks self-confident, and she’s ditched the glasses. Way to go, Amy!

[SuziQ]

Oh my, that ‘veil’ is AWFUL! I guess the pill-box hat idea spilled over into wedding fashion, and a small veil on the front would have been fine, but those side veils make me think of the head-wear worn by the old time Sisters of Charity (think, the Flying Nun)

[afraidfortherepublic]

No good picture, but I loved this description:

Nellie Grant

Library of Congress In 1874, Nellie Grant, the only daughter of President Ulysses S. Grant, was married to Englishman Algernon Sartoris in the first high profile American wedding.

Grant, who worshipped his daughter, had his eyes to the floor and wept throughout the ceremony.

Somehow, I never imagined GENERAL US Grant, conquerer of the South, to be an emotional man.

[SuziQ]

Interesting that Jenna Bush’s wedding was so low-key, and unpretentious, and her father was the SITTING President, not a former one.

[afraidfortherepublic]

If you are talking about Maureen Reagan, I don’t think it’s so bad. The next evolutionary step was that “pouf” of veil that became popular for a while.

But, speaking of the flying Nun, I believe it was on television at the time that picture of Maureen was taken — 1964. You may have just traced the inspiration for the veil.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Jenna’s wedding was lovely and just what she wanted. Jenna’s parents and grandparents are class all the way.

[x]

One President even got married in the White House himself.

Did he propose by saying, "I've got a perfect match: my fat belly and your fat *ss"?

Of course, not, because he was a gentleman and would have known that her large posterior was only a bustle (though his fat belly was quite real).

It does look like he got to the wedding cake before everyone else, though.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Julie Nixon wed Dwight David Eisenhower, II in a small, private ceremony, unlike her sister Tricia's huge Rose Garden extravaganza..

[DollyCali]

what a nice thread. Thank you

[Taffini]

she looks happy

[DollyCali]

so nice to see you posting & your ping. I dont get here to check around enough.

(love the pix of your garden)

[afraidfortherepublic]

Correction on Julie Nixon. She was married a month before her father took office. Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower were married by Rev. Norman Vincent Peale in Manhattan's Marble Collegiate Church. Because her father was President-Elect at the time, Kleig lights, the curious and press turned up in droves as you can see from these photos.

Norman Vincent Peale had the stature of Billy Graham in those days.

Though a White House wedding with all the trimmings was offered, Julie and David wanted a private ceremony. They managed to keep their guest list a secret amid all the change in their lives. In addition, their Grand Ballroom at the Plaza wedding reception was closed to all press. Julie's gown was by Pricilla Kidder aka Priscilla of Boston. High-necked with pearls and beadwork, it had puffed sleeves and a long train. The bridesmaid ensembles were brocade overcoats with long Juliet sleeves.

[DollyCali]

Fashionistas Alert!!!!

Cool Thread heads up !!!

[afraidfortherepublic]

Both of Woodrow Wilson's daughters were married in the White House, although I cannot find a picture of either wedding.

Miss Jessie Wilson, standing, and Miss Eleanor R. Wilson, seated, reading. c. 1912 Jessie Wilson was married in a White House ceremony in 1913 and eleanor followed in 1914.