A Marine's Wedding

Lobby of the Best Western

My Breakfast at the Best Western

At breakfast I found out that there is a Lobster and Wine tour this weekend. Some of the people at this hotel are here for that.
We had a free morning in Penn Yan and so my husband, my sister and I went to Lakeview Cemetery to take some photos as I work on cemetery documentation. My sister walked over to our hotel.

Best Western

Our car, which is a hybrid, came up behind her to pick her up and she had her back to us and didn't hear it - it scared her.

We drove to the back of the cemetery where the people who died more recently were buried as I figured that the early burials would have already been done. So I don't have any photos of the older section where the more elaborate tombs are located.

Lake View Cemetery is a 50-acre cemetery property that includes wooded and open acres included in the cemetery's historic landscape plan by landscape architect Albert Davis Taylor and developed in two phases between about 1855 and 1906. The property includes the Abraham Wagener Memorial Chapel, a two story brick Gothic Revival structure built in 1923-1924. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Grave of a veteran

Lakeview cemetery

Gravestone in Lakeview

There are several notable people buried there - mainly elected officials and soldiers
-Morris Brown Jr. b. August, 1842 d. June 22, 1864Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as Captain and commander of Company A, 126th New York Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery on the Third Day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, (July 3, 1863). His citation reads simply "Capture of flag". His Medal was issued on March 6, 1869.
-Edward Johnston b. February 8, 1844 d. January 20, 1920Indian Campaigns Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Sergeant in the United States Army in the 5th U.S. Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action between October 21, 1876 and January 8, 1877 at Cedar Creek, etc., Montana. His citation reads "Gallantry in action."
-John Morrison Oliver b. Sep. 6, 1828 d. Mar. 30, 1872Civil War Union Brevet Major General. Born in Penn Yan, New York, he joined the Union Army as 1st Lieutenant of the 4th Michigan Infantry in May 1861. Promoted Colonel of the 15th Michigan Infantry in January, 1862, he served under General Sherman in his western campaigns. At Fort McAllister he led the attack and for distinguished service, was commissioned Brigadier General in January 1865. For his war service, he was brevetted Major General of US Volunteers on March 13, 1865. He died in in Washington, D.C.

We took about 1400 photos. We found a strange object in the cemetery like a cannon ball or bowling ball made of concrete. No writing on it, and the cemetery has no idea what it is because I just called them.

We dropped her off at the Microtel and got burgers from McDonalds while I downloaded the photos while Bob had a nap. Then we got dressed and started for the chapel

Church

When we got there, there were a lot of cars parked on the road and they told us that we could drive up to the entrance and unload the scooter and then park the car with the others. So we did. I didn't really need the scooter except that it would have been hard to walk from the road up the hill to the church. I left my cell phone in the purse on the scooter so all I had for photos was my camera.

Bride and her father

Kiss

Just married

Groomsman - Bride's brother

After the ceremony, we went outside

Daughter-in-law, son and great grandson

Bob, son and great grandson (3 generations with one skipped)

and they had the sword arch,

Marching out

Sword arch

Crossed swords block the path

and one of the swordsmen 'spanked' the bride with his sword.

Bride with sword arch behind her

Bride looks at cell phone picture

My granddaughter (sister of the groom) and her fiancee

Then the wedding party went in for more photos. Our great grandson who was the official ring bearer (he was carried down the aisle along with a slightly younger girl about a year old who was the flower girl), wanted to play with my camera and failing that he was reaching for the scooter.

Scootering with great grandson

So I put him on my lap and let him 'drive' it around. He had a tendency to turn right.

Me with great grandson on my scooter

We went to the reception which was at the fairgrounds.

Wedding dinner location before everyone got there

Reception table

There was a photo booth and music and when the bridal party came in

Groomsman is the bride's brother

there was the bride and grooms' dance

First dance

and the dance with the father of the bride and the mother of the groom, and then there were toasts which were touching and appropriate.

Mother of the bride (right) and her sister

My daughter-in-law - mother of the groom(right) and her siblings

Grandson, SO and me

Granddaughter, her son (my great grandson) and her brother (my grandson)

My daughter, and son-in-law with their nephew (my grandson)

Daughter with great grandson (her great nephew)

There was also a tip jar where you could put money into - one for the bride and one for the groom. The one who had the most money got to push cake into the other one's face. (I think - or maybe it was the other way around). We ate dinner and talked (as much as we could in the intervals when the music was not so loud. I did get a phone call and I absolutely could not hear anything. But it was a Maryland number.

We came back to the hotel and shucked off our finery and I started organizing the photos which at first just would NOT upload. I had to wait until after 10 for the photo uploading to work