52 years ago today...

...at a little country church in a farming town east of Cincinnati, 2nd Lt Paul Andrew Alexander, USAF, married Dorothy Ann Rosselot. Paul was an English teacher at the local high school, and Dorothy finished second in her class. Other than her being one of a group of students with whom Paul shared a special rapport, he paid her no particular attention until after she graduated. At least that's what they told their children.

The oldest once asked him where they went for their honeymoon. He replied that they were still on it.

Today is also Flag Day in the USA. In its early years, it was rarely produced the same way twice. My personal favorite is a close tie between the "Bennington Flag" of 1777 (which always flies at the entrance to my home), and the "Indian Peace Flag" of 1803, as featured by Mark Sullivan at Irish Elk.

The important thing to consider here is, that the day these two lovebirds pledged their lives together, the American flag is flown "from sea to shining sea."