To say that the year 2020 for weddings has been a handful is an understatement. When the wedding officiant and engaged couple work together they can usually plan around foreseen and unseen problems and that we did. I met with Marie via Zoom for her wedding consultation. She decided on several places outdoors but each required a permit over a certain number of people for an event. She also thought about her home but then decided on the historical Turner's Station Park in Dundalk, Maryland in which to say their vows.
**Side Note: I say historically because it was built as an African-American community of "African American workers at Bethlehem Steel and nearby factories lived with their families from the 1800s up through the present". African Americans could not live in houses built for white families.
To read more about this historical place pleas, visit: https://explore.baltimoreheritage.org/items/show/382?tour=18&index=3
Choosing the Turner's Station park provided the perfect backdrop for the physical/social distancing aspect as well as the picturesque background of the Bear Creek. Pleasantly quiet with people nearby fishing and boating. Even saw a water ski vehicle.
The wedding signing ceremony at the park had an awesome sunny day but rather humid. The bride and groom wore a peach and the bride held a peach bouquet of peach-colored roses. Marie and Brian recited their vows by the pier. Most guests wore a facemask. I myself wore a facemask as I do at all events. Afterward, Mr. and Mrs. Peters took photographs on the pier, standing under the line of Tuscarora Crape Myrtle Trees.
After photographs and congratulations from guests, the pavilion provided the perfect place for me to sign their marriage license.
~~ Best Wishes to Marie, Brian, and their children.~~
