The Wedding Gown of Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt’s brother’s daughter, married Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the president’s fifth cousin, in 1905. They met for the first time when she was 14, and he was 18. They reunited four years later at a horse show at Madison Square Garden after losing contact. Roosevelts from both sides of the family attended the occasion. F.D.R. proposed to Eleanor when he was 22 years old, and she was 19 years old. It was fairly unusual for Roosevelt and Roosevelt to marry. Her gown featured a high neck and voluminous fabric shoulders, and she wore an exquisite cap.
The Wedding Gown of Eleanor Roosevelt
Barbara Bush Wore Her Mother-In-Law’s Veil
In 1941, George H.W. Bush met his future wife, Barbara Pierce, while they were both adolescents. In documentary 41, the former president discussed their first encounter. He said, “It was a Christmas holiday dance, and she was dressed in this red and green gown. ‘Who is this good-looking, gorgeous girl over there?’ I asked. ‘That’s Barbara Pierce from Rye, New York.’ So we were introduced by a man called Wozencraft. And the rest, as they say, is history.” The pair married in 1945 at Rye’s First Presbyterian Church. Barbara wore the same bridal veil that George’s mother wore during her own wedding.
Barbara Bush Wore Her Mother-In-Law’s Veil
