A hundred years ago, a young couple in Detroit embarked on a true love story.
Join Ford House as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Eleanor and Edsel Ford’s wedding! We are honoring their Century of Love with a Ford family wedding exhibit, a new bronze sculpture of the couple, a vow renewal garden party at the estate, as well as tours, programs and more!
Down The Aisle
See how the Ford family celebrated a Century of Love, and discover wedding traditions new and old. Come to Ford House June 26-Nov. 6, 2016, for Down the Aisle: 100 Years of Ford Family Weddings, an exhibition of wedding gowns, fashions, customs and memories. The exhibition is included with Ford House admission. Also be sure to check out our special Century of Love events and tours to learn more about the exhibit and Ford weddings. Below is a sampling of the gowns you will see in the new exhibit, and the brides who wore them!


















The Eleanor & Edsel Ford Bronzes
The love between Eleanor and Edsel Ford is captured in a new bronze sculpture of the couple unveiled at Ford House June 13. The life-sized sculptures show the couple strolling arm-in-arm, and is placed in the gardens at the estate where they enjoyed many treasured moments together.
The life-sized statues were created by Studio EIS, a Brooklyn, NY, team of sculptors and visual storytellers who for 40 years have been making works in bronze to represent sports icons and historical figures, including Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. The complex process of building the sculpture of the Fords took more than a year of research, planning, sketching, sculpting, molding and finally creating and installing the finished work.
Visit Ford House this summer to see this beautiful tribute to Edsel and Eleanor Ford!
Love at the Ford House
Throughout the years, many brides, grooms, engaged couples and about-to-be engaged couples have come to Ford House to capture a special moment in their own love stories. Here is a gallery of photos they have shared with us, and you can add yours by sharing it to our Facebook page, HERE. Be sure to include your names, your photographer, and the date of your wedding or engagement.
Legacy of Love
On June 25, Ford House honored Eleanor and Edsel Ford’s Century of Love when 55 couples renewed their vows in the estate’s gardens. Macomb County executive Mark Hackel officiated the ceremony, and dinner and dancing followed. It was a beautiful celebration of the Fords’ legacy of love!
A Century of Love: Events
From a new exhibition to a vow renewal and garden party, and from afternoon teas to fascinating workshops, Ford House has many fun and engaging activities planned to commemorate the 100th wedding anniversary of Eleanor and Edsel Ford. To register for an event, go to www.fordhouse.org/events.
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