Weddings used to be simple affairs. Take the wedding of President Rutherford B. Hayes, who married Lucy Webb the day before New Year’s Eve in 1852, in a ceremony hosted at Webb’s family home in Cincinnati. The wedding was a plain one: roughly 30 guests ...

Wedding season is kicking into high gear. Despite an uncertain economy, couples are still making major investments to make their big day special. "We are finding that weddings are extremely resilient. Last year in the U.S. alone, more than 2 million ...