The length of this thread is really starting to challenge my memory! :facepalm:
BBM: I just went back and looked up some other posts on the engagement party. Here are some excerpts:
T2, Post 525, by MMQC: "I don't recall the date of the Engagement Announcment in the newspaper. It was before graduation so it must have been spring of '75? Not really remembering it except the engagement party. No breakup that I know of."
T2, Post 528, by MMQC: "I believe it was held at Ft. Wadworth and SL's family paid for it as it was held at the Fort."
T2, Post 532, by MMQC: "On a small scale. I don't think it was even close to 50 people. I think EL had all the gifts still in the house. She asked me what to do with them. I had no clue. Don't know what was eventually done with them."
Apologies if there were more and I missed them.
MMQC, some Qs for you:
(1) Did you attend the engagement party? Or was it strictly a family affair?
(2) Had SL decided on her bridal party yet? If so, who did it include?
(3) Is Ft. Wadworth an army facility? with a banquet hall available to veterans?
(4) If you attended the engagement party, what memories do you have of that night? If you didn't, what did SL tell you that sticks in your mind about it?