http://backstoryradio.org/love-me-did-a-history-of-courtship-rebroadcast/ VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Fri, 24 May 2013 19:18:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://backstoryradio.org/love-me-did-a-history-of-courtship-rebroadcast/comment-page-1/#comment-122650 Holden Parker Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:54:54 +0000 http://backstoryradio.org/?p=7618#comment-122650 “Choice music on the show.” Well put together and interesting.

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/love-me-did-a-history-of-courtship-rebroadcast/comment-page-1/#comment-108873 Love Me Did: Show Segments | BackStory with the American History Guys Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:20:30 +0000 http://backstoryradio.org/?p=7618#comment-108873 [...] The following are individual show segments from the BackStory episode “Love Me Did,” broadcast in February 2013. You can listen to the entire episode here. [...]

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/love-me-did-a-history-of-courtship-rebroadcast/comment-page-1/#comment-108511 Nancy Rose Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:57:56 +0000 http://backstoryradio.org/?p=7618#comment-108511 On a trip to the Pacific Northwest my teen-age cousin noticed a man/boy walking near the swimming pool and announced that he was the man she was going to marry. They met again later at college on the east coast, and are still married at eighty and seventy-five.

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/love-me-did-a-history-of-courtship-rebroadcast/comment-page-1/#comment-108508 Nancy Rose Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:47:05 +0000 http://backstoryradio.org/?p=7618#comment-108508 Many of my Virginia ancestors married their cousins. This was apparently how they met people, not merely to keep the money in the family.
But my great great grandmother was rescued from North Wales by a Union soldier who returned after the Civil war to take her back with him to New York State. Her mother had been away from home, visiting in Warrenton, and asked a general to send someone. He asked his nephew Solomon to ride out to fetch her and bring her back through the lines.

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/love-me-did-a-history-of-courtship-rebroadcast/comment-page-1/#comment-108025 Beth Bailey Extended Interview | BackStory with the American History Guys Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:00:25 +0000 http://backstoryradio.org/?p=7618#comment-108025 [...] The following audio clip is an extended interview of a version aired on the BackStory episode “Love Me Did: A History of Courtship.”  You can listen to the entire episode here. [...]

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/love-me-did-a-history-of-courtship-rebroadcast/comment-page-1/#comment-108022 “Love Me Did” — Further Reading | BackStory with the American History Guys Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:53:29 +0000 http://backstoryradio.org/?p=7618#comment-108022 [...] The following links and documents relate to the BackStory episode “Love Me Did: A History of Courtship.” You can listen to the entire episode here. [...]

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