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Hannah
Savvy June 2022

Ways to incorporate Fhs military background into wedding

Hannah, on August 2, 2021 at 2:19 PM Posted in Planning 0 3
My FH is a proud former Marine. I want to find ways to honor this by incorporating it into the wedding. He will not be wearing his dress blues and he doesn’t want any salutes. I was thinking of asking the venue to fly the marine flag outside (we have a mansion for the day) but any military brides have any other ideas? TIA!

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Latest activity by Melinda, on August 2, 2021 at 6:25 PM
  • Rabreena
    Expert October 2021
    Rabreena ·
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    My FH is also a Marine, no longer enlisted but of course once a Marine always a Marine, and he will not be wearing his dress blues either, as I do not want him to shave.
    We decided that he will be wearing the Marine emblem pin on his boutonniere.

    Another thing that we decided to incorporate into our wedding is the idea that a Marine's favorite thing to eat is crayons, so I located a company (owned and operated by a Marine) that makes edible and flavored crayons. We have bought a box for each Marine that is attending our wedding so when one of the Marine groomsman finishes his toast he will ask all Marines to raise their crayons instead of their drinks.

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  • Hannah
    Savvy June 2022
    Hannah ·
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    OMG this is A-MAZING and so original!!!!! I love this! And totally get all of those references. Thank you!!!
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  • Melinda
    Expert March 2022
    Melinda ·
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    My FH is also military and is still enlisted. He will not be wearing his blues either. About 30 people attending are previous or current military. We are having a celebratory shot during the reception where the DJ will ask them all to stand up, thank them for their and their families service, and cheers them.

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