Memorial Day Wedding Photos

Memorial Day is one of my favorite holiday weekends of the year. It's the unofficial kickoff to summer, which means lots of BBQs, beach time, refreshing drinks and of course... wedding season! I've put together some of my favorite Americana wedding inspiration on Loverly -- from the classic military grooms, to the red/white/blue color palette to outdoor inspiration galore. May you be inspired!

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• <a href="http://lover.ly/image/2821" target="_hplink">Grooms in uniform</a> are the perfect way to honor their military service on the Big Day!

• This groom dressed up his <a href="http://lover.ly/image/122215" target="_hplink">military garb</a> with a classic bowtie, decorative medals and a sleek watch.

• What better place for a member of the Air Force to get married than in <a href="http://lover.ly/image/6458" target="_hplink">an airplane hangar</a>? A classic uniform, short dress and milkshakes add a touch of flair.

• A <a href="http://lover.ly/image/9597" target="_hplink">traditional sword salute</a> is a great honor for a military groom and his bride.

• <a href="http://lover.ly/image/31275" target="_hplink">Viva Americana!</a> This military groom chose to wear a vintage uniform circa WWII.

• How dapper is this <a href="http://lover.ly/image/122216" target="_hplink">military groom</a> with piped sleeves and a bowtie?

• <a href="http://lover.ly/image/31284" target="_hplink">Flashback to 1940</a>... love that this groom donned Army greens, while bride wore red pumps and a vintage dress!

• A <a href="http://lover.ly/image/15933" target="_hplink">distinguished groom</a> proudly displays his medals and a big grin on his wedding day.

• A <a href="http://lover.ly/image/6462" target="_hplink">Naval groom</a> and his bride enjoy a private moment together during their first dance.

• This groom not only rocked his dress uniform, but "topped' his look off with his <a href="http://lover.ly/image/6460" target="_hplink">dress cap</a>.

• This <a href="http://lover.ly/image/31422" target="_hplink">camo-wearing groom</a> and sweet bride keep things simple for their summer elopement.

• This dressy <a href="http://lover.ly/image/91793" target="_hplink">Marine Corps groom</a> and his tulle wearing bride stylishly exit their wedding in a classic convertible.

• This color-coordinating <a href="http://lover.ly/image/91794" target="_hplink">black and white couple</a> shares a look of love on their special day.

• A <a href="http://lover.ly/image/94522" target="_hplink">bride in boots</a> and an Air Force groom elope in the German countryside.

 

Comments

[A-COL]

08:41 PM on 05/28/2012

There are actually 14 pictures here: 7 Marines, 5 Airmen, 1 Sailor and 1 Soldier.

In Afghanistan (Oct 2001-Today), we’ve lost 1964 military killed (1360 Soldiers, 402 Marines, 96 Airmen and 106 Sailors).

In Iraq (Mar 2003-until our withdrawal), we lost 4478 military killed (3294 Soldiers, 1022 Marines, 57 Airmen, 104 Sailors and 1 Coast Guardsmen).

That’s 4654 Soldiers, 1424 Marines, 153 Airmen, 210 Sailors and 1 Coast Guardsman have been killed in these recent fights so don’t you think this gallery could have more proportionally represented who is actually doing the fighting and dying for their Country?

[k9shep17]

07:31 PM on 05/28/2012

What would be better is if she knew what the uniforms were and what branch of service they were, she called a service alpha uniform from the marines, Army greens and the same uniform wwII era when that uniform is still in use today. Respect the Men and branch of service they are in by knowing something about what your talking about, this reporter definitely did an injustice with this story, 2 big thumbs down!

[Jolene Gladden]

07:09 PM on 05/28/2012

Picture number 9 is my favorite one of all. My husband ( a navy man) and i got married by a senator in Agana,Guam. Cost us $10 for the license plus my outfit. Senator Reedy married us for free. We will celebrate our 20th Anniversary this year.

[RetiredUSAF05]

06:17 PM on 05/28/2012

Interesting photos. Always USMC or USN uniforms that are depicted. The USAF service dress uniform prior to 1992 looked like a bus drivers uniform. The McPeak post 1992 uniform looks like an airline pilot's uniform. Both rather unattractive. The Air Force Mess dress uniform looks like a bellhop's outfit and from personal experience wearing one of those at an event at a hotel ballroom; a hotel guest came up to me and asked me to take his bags for him. I along with the small group of friends looked at this person and walked away.

[cgautz]

05:50 PM on 05/28/2012

Let's add this one to the list:

http://umbl0g.blogspot.com/2007/02/battle-scarred-marine-wedding-photo.html

Patriotic, painful and true.

[Nycky]

04:43 PM on 05/28/2012

It would have been nice to find a bride in uniform. I know they are rare but the album makes it look like only men serve.

[bradyhull]

03:22 PM on 05/28/2012

Really Wonderful pics. But for diversity, they lack something that would have made them........More Greater. TAA TAA.

[tector]

02:42 PM on 05/28/2012

looks like the groom in #7 is wearing a marine uniform not army greens to these old geezer eyes.

[sandbox1967]

03:58 PM on 05/28/2012

You are correct. And actually the caption reads "Flashback to 1940" but those greens are USMC service A's or alphas and still issued to this day. I graduated in that exact uniform in 1990.

[Nycky]

04:43 PM on 05/28/2012

Looked the same way to me.

[sandbox1967]

04:02 PM on 05/28/2012

Ha! pretty close. I was married in a California park by a judge for $100 on his day off. The guest list included "very close" friends and family plus whoever was walking by ... I did wear my USMC dress blues though. I was a PFC and we couldn't afford much but It was a very nice day indeed.

[RetiredUSAF05]

06:18 PM on 05/28/2012

One presumes that most of the time, officer's have more money to spend on weddings.