



Molly and Brock were married on the shores of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park. It was a pleasant but drizzly day in October, beautifully photographed by Marianne Wiest Photography. The fall colors were vibrant and the park was quiet. The dress for this national park wedding has an unbelievable story! The bride wore her grandmother's wedding dress. Yes, shes not the first bride that has worn her grandmother’s wedding dress, but what is truly special is that her grandmother made it out of her husband-to-be's parachute from WWII.
In post-war America, silk was rare and expensive, so Molly's Grandmother used her fiance's silk parachute to fashion a dress. So one could say that, in a way, this dress has seen combat! See more of the dress in all its glory in the full gallery (along with a photo of her grandmother wearing it at her wedding!)
From the bride: My dress was actually my maternal grandmother's wedding dress that she had made out of my grandfather's parachute from World War II. He was in a member of the 8th Air Force in the European Theater. My grandparents were married in 1946. I didn't change a lot about the dress. I basically had the shoulder pads taken out and added a ribbon around the waist. It did start thundering and raining during the ceremony but I think that's supposed to be good luck, right? The nice thing about wearing a parachute for a dress is that it dried quickly!
From the vendors: After a thunder filled ceremony, the sun came out for some beautiful photos by the lake. The newlyweds then rode in one of Glacier’s iconic Red Jammer Buses back to the reception at the historic Belton Chalet in West Glacier, with a quick stop at the Middle Fork of the Flathead River for photos. The reception had National Park coloring books for the kids, libations for the adults, and vintage postcards as a guest book.
From the bride: All of the traditional advice everyone gives you is true (i.e. make sure to eat!). The best piece of advice I got was from my mom who told me not to get hung up on planning the small stuff and to just think of it as a big party where everyone is going to eat and drink and have a good time. Friends and family danced the night away to The Mike Murray Band, a local staple. Molly and Brock’s wedding was a beautiful example of how love is a part of our history, passed down through the generations and continued on in our own love story.