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Rituals of Romance: A History of Courtship and Weddings, 1830-1990

Name: Rituals of Romance: A History of Courtship and Weddings, 1830-1990
Start: 2026-02-25
End: 2026-02-25
Location: Shorewood Village Center

Feb 25

6:00 - 7:00 pm

Shorewood

Join Leslie Bellais as she explores how contemporary wedding rituals emerged and became cemented into tradition.

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Wednesday, February 25, 2026

6:00 - 7:00 pm

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Shorewood Village Center

3920 N Murray Ave

Shorewood, WI 53211

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The Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau offers an exciting opportunity for our historians, curators and authors to visit your community and share the stories of our great state.

A bride in a chaste white wedding dress, her face hidden behind a veil, bridesmaids in matching dresses, piles of wedding gifts - all of these have become such entrenched traditions of the wedding ceremony they seem eternal, yet these rituals have existed for less than 200 years. Leslie Bellais will explore how these traditions emerged and why they have fossilized into the wedding rituals we experience today. Bellais will also compare wedding practices to the rituals of courtship, which in contrast have changed and evolved over time.

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This event is sponsored by Friends of the Shorewood Public Library.