I also posted the link to the CNN Twitter link where the photo is shown.
-PJ
NOTE ID OF THE SCHOOL(S) IN THE POST CARD CONFUSING, WILL LEAVE IT UP FOR NOW.
Here are schools in Gadsden, AL
And what would the occasion be for the school to drape the bunting?
Wiki says Gadsden HS was consolidated in 2005 or so, current one much more modern than the photo.
Here's an old postcard of the Gadsden HS more correctly Etowah County.
I grabbed some screen captures in case the black/blue ink version gets changed. And if CNN published that one, it could have slipped by the editors, not saying they did it.
Re the ring, emerald cut diamond not usually a wedding ring but an engagement ring. She could have gotten it anywhere.