'Longest married couple' to mark 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://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/longest-married-couple-mark-81st-anniversary-article-1.1523997