This wedding dress was made from a nylon parachute that saved Maj. Claude Hensinger during World War II. In August 1944, Hensinger, a B-29 pilot, and his crew were returning from a bombing raid over ...

Curator Joan Ecktenkamp Klein, left, talks with W. Frazier Bell, right, about a wedding dress made from a silk parachute once worn by his mother and former U.Va. nurse Hilda Franklin during World War ...

Historians can be daydreamers at times when it comes to things that might have taken place in the past. So indulge with me for a moment as I think about Valentine's Day in 1942 and what might have ...

Every wedding dress tells a story, though perhaps few could tell one quite like Schenectady native Antoinette (Toni) Cilberti’s. The 76-year-old floor-length gown, complete with long sleeves and ...

At Morning Star Retirement on Saturday, several residents brought out their wedding dresses, and told the story behind them. Every dress came with a unique story, but one made out of a parachute from ...