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bobbieinok

(12,858 posts) Tue Aug 28, 2018, 02:04 PM Aug 2018

Did MD once have a no waiting period for marriage? Was a goal for couples in old novels

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Did MD once have a no waiting period for marriage? Was a goal for couples in old novels (Original Post) bobbieinok Aug 2018 OP

My uncle came down to Maryland from NY to get married back in the '50s MiniMe Aug 2018 #1

I seen that TuxedoKat Aug 2018 #2

MiniMe

(21,714 posts)

1. My uncle came down to Maryland from NY to get married back in the '50s

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 02:12 PM

Aug 2018

I'm sure in Elkton, MD which is the first town across the Delaware state line. I had a friend in college who lived in Elkton, she said that every weekend, a car would drive down the Main Street (from the wee wedding chapel) honking their horn. They just rolled their eyes.

TuxedoKat

(3,818 posts)

2. I seen that

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 07:08 PM

Aug 2018

in some old movies from the '30s and '40s too -- couples planning to travel to MD to get married.

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