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Friday, November 22, 2013

US's longest-married couple to celebrate 81st anniversary

John and Ann Betar eloped on Nov. 25, 1932, fleeing their close-knit Syrian neighborhood 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://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/must-see/10012286122217/us-s-longest-married-couple-to-celebrate-81st-anniversary/

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