December 15, 2025
Tag: gretna green
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“They ran off to Gretna Green to get married!”
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Impatient young (and not so young) lovers have known since 1754 that Gretna Green was the place to go for a quick wedding. All they had to do was outrun the irate parents to cross the small river bridge into Scotland. “Gretna Greens” in Aberdeen, Ohio and Elkton, Maryland followed in their footsteps.
Past Article
May 30, 2021 4 Comments
Postcard History presented the first Fifth Sunday special in January. It offered you three histories of cards that were unrelated and unusual. Postcard History comes in small doses. Today, we visit the short histories of three more cards that are truly odd. Tell us if you learned something.