December 15, 2025
Tag: marraige
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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
December 8, 2022 3 Comments
A discussion about this article prompted a pediatric nurse to tell me that a suburban Richmond hospital has added email capabilities to all their maternity rooms. The free birth announcement software has interactive dialog-boxes for the date and location of birth, name, gender, birth weight, and one photo.