{"id":111,"date":"2020-03-21T18:02:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T18:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historytalks.info\/?p=111"},"modified":"2022-06-30T23:44:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T23:44:39","slug":"weddings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/talks\/weddings\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Weddings: Why we do what we do when we say I do!"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21\" src=\"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/weddings.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn the origin of marriage customs and how they are interpreted today in this amusing and fast-paced examination of wedding traditions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why does the bride toss her bouquet? Where did the idea of a &#8220;Best Man&#8221; originate? Why is the bride carried over the threshold? How was the bride&#8217;s garter used as a sign the marriage was consummated?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This delightful presentation will cover the whys and wherefores of weddings throughout the ages.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn the origin of marriage customs and how they are<span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/talks\/weddings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History of Weddings: Why we do what we do when we say I do!<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historical-overview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":713,"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions\/713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historytalks.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}