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Collected Item: “Philadelphia Couple Gets Married During the BLM Protests”

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Philadelphia Couple Gets Married During the BLM Protests

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Magazine article

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

This is a wonderful story of a couple that got married during a BLM protest in Philadelphia. Due to the Coronavirus, the couple had to postpone their wedding, but they were able to make up for it for sure! The bride and groom were beautiful and very happy!
I love this article because it shows the resilience of people as well as their creativity. And, it celebrates love in a turbulent time. Some things never do change no matter what is happening in the world.

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#HST580, #ASU, #wedding, #personalvoice, #love, #loveduringprotests, #marriageduring COVID, #protests, #BLM, #Philadelphia, #romance

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

Regular link: https://people.com/human-interest/couple-celebrates-wedding-philadelphia-george-floyd-protest/ Permalink:https://web.archive.org/web/20200618021642/https://people.com/human-interest/couple-celebrates-wedding-philadelphia-george-floyd-protest/

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

People.com

Give this story a date.

2020-06-07
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