His eyes were red. His gaze was sure. His voice never trembled. Next to him was a beautiful woman we liked right away for all of her many personal traits. She looked up. He said, “I most certainly will.”
Today I stood near my friend, a gentleman whom I admire greatly, at a big moment in both of their lives.


Also, he fired a Civil War cannon at his wedding.
(Since I was in the wedding party I obviously didn’t take these pictures. The father of the bride took the first one. The Yankee took the second one, with the saber arch.)










