Who said it wouldn't last? Connecticut couple to mark 81st anniversary

John and Ann Betar eloped on November 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.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3093943/posts