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<\/a>Now, here’s something you don’t hear about every day: six generations of brides being married walking down the same aisle, in the same Catholic church, over nearly 150 years. This has all the makings of a made-for-TV movie on Lifetime. But you can read about it here, first, courtesy the Twin Cities Pioneer Press<\/a>:<\/p>\n

When bride Amber Crosby walked down the aisle of the old stone church in Mendota in July, she was a 21st-century bride following in the path of five generations of brides before her, dating back to the 1862 pioneer wedding of her great-great-great-grandparents. Amber felt the lineage of 145 years of love with each step.<\/p>\n

“I remember feeling really honored to become part of that history,” she says. But this family’s wedding history also tells a broader story \u2014 of farming and fashion trends, of tuberculosis and tuxes, of constancy and change. <\/p>\n

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When they got engaged, Ken liked Amber’s idea of getting married at the family church.<\/p>\n

“I thought it was a pretty unique and cool tradition to keep going,” Ken says. “And, if I was going to get married in a church, I wanted it to feel like that one, like I imagine a church to be, small and beautiful and lots of stained glass that the sun shines through, a really warm feeling.”<\/p>\n

The couple wed on an auspicious date – 7\/7\/07 – as about 200 guests watched. The bride wore an $800 cap-sleeved gown with a lace overlay, and she carried a bouquet that included lots of hydrangea, her favorite flower. She also wore her grandmother Marceline’s pearl necklace, and her parents’ wedding rings were tied to a chain and affixed to the bridal bouquet. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole thing, and all the incredible history. And then take a break to dab your eyes and blow your nose. You’ll be blinking back tears at the end. Really. <\/p>\n

Photo: St. Peter’s Church, from the Pioneer Press file <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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