America's longest-married couple to celebrate 81 years together

John and Ann Betar eloped on November 25, 1932, fleeing their close-knit Syrian neighbourhood in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and driving as fast as they could to Harrison, New York, to avoid Ann's father's plans to marry her off to a man 20 years older.



via Bridgeport Newswire http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-21/americas-oldest-couple-celebrates-80-years-of-marriage/5107856