Valentines renew vows at Lovers Key
"She proposed; she said you'll get more than you bargained for," said
He said yes. It was 1955. He was 31. She was 24.
The couple form
And on
Most wore sandals and shorts. Some women wore white dresses. One man wore a red bow tie. Many carried flowers. They formed a big heart for a group photo and then spread out into a big circle on the beach, not far from a busy tram stop.
Half the circle went first -- the women repeated after the Rev.
Couples held hands, or each other. They looked into each other's eyes, some covered in sunglasses, some shedding tears.
"You know people have been through a lot to get to this point," Lincoln said. "To be able to say, 'I'd do it all over' is an amazing thing. It's pretty special."
The event, which raised money for the
Vow renewers ran the gamut, both in age and marriage longevity, according to organizers' poll of some in the crowd. The No. 1 way people met? High school. Five of the couples met at work, two of them at McDonald's. Thirteen couples had been married 50-plus years.
But Stan and
They were married on
When
"I figured she would," said
Tom and
"You never know what the year will bring, so if you have no regrets, why not?" said
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