FrancisPage: History-Making Wedding

Friday, June 20, 2008

History-Making Wedding

Mark the date. Ben Franklin is marrying Betsy Ross on July 3 in Philadelphia. Actually, it's historical interpreters Ralph Archbold and Linda Wilde, but don't tell them we told you that.

From gophilla.com:

Fitting for such a ceremony, Archbold and Wilde will exchange rings engraved with a kite and key and stars and stripes, symbols representing the historic characters they play.

After the ceremony, the couple will head to the historic City Tavern, one of Benjamin Franklin's favorite restaurants, for a private reception with family and friends.

Your humble servant would love to be there for the nuptials, but he is slated to march in Flagstaff's Independence Day parade, in full Continental Army uniform.

So Huzzah to Ben and Betsy! As Franklin himself said: "Marriage is the most natural state of man, and the state in which you will find solid happiness."

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