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WEDDINGS
OLD NAMES ON THE MAP
CIVIL WAR TIMES
SYMBOLOGY
ENDS IN "TION"
200
'When a Jewish groom does this, it's traditional for Uncle Mort to joke, "That's the last time he puts his foot down"'
break the wine glass
200
'The Romans had the gall to call this country Gaul'
France
200
'On May 24, 1856 this abolitionist led a raid that killed 5 pro-slavery men in Pottawatomie'
John Brown
200
'It does compute that the logo seen here comes from these two men's names'
Hewlett & Packard
200
'The height to which something is raised above a point of reference such as the ground'
elevation
400
'In a big fat Ancient Greek wedding, the bride wore this item in red or yellow'
a veil
400
'Wilmington in this U.S. state was once the site of the Swedish settlement of Christinahamn'
Delaware
400
'On June 26, 1864 near Atlanta, he said, "We have devoured the land and our animals eat up the wheat and corn fields"'
(William Tecumseh) Sherman
400
'This product's logo seen here fosters a lot of "digital ambulation"'
the Yellow Pages
400
'The act of cutting the head off something, perhaps a member of French royalty in the 1790s'
decapitation
600
'A German bride's right hand is not just for shaking hands in the receiving line but, unlike in the U.S., for receiving this'
the wedding ring
600
'The southern part of this Mekong River country was once called Cochin-China'
Vietnam
600
'At Bull Run, General Bee referred to Thomas Jackson by saying, "There stands Jackson like" one of these'
a stone wall
600
'Never exit your domicile without one of this company's products'
American Express
600
'The formal remission of sin by a priest'
absolution
800
'It's the 9-letter term for any member of the wedding party, such as a bridesmaid or best man'
an attendant
800
'Now divided into 2 opposing countries, together this peninsula was once known as Choson'
Korea
800
'Of the 11 Confederate states, this one was the farthest north'
Virginia
800
'Stay in touch with this global communications giant'
Motorola
800
'Movement of the blood through the body as a result of the heart's pumping action'
circulation
1000
'Stephanotis isn't an old boyfriend you invited, it's something found in a formal one of these'
the bouquet
1000
'A large part of what is now this country was once Tripolitania'
Libya
1000
'His "charge" was the Confederacy's last chance effort to win the Battle of Gettysburg--didn't work'
Pickett
1000
'Use your organ to name this leading organ & synthesizer firm'
Roland
1000
'In psychology, a strong attachment to a person or thing that often persists throughout life'
a fixation