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 ...
There have been many iconic wedding dresses over the years that tell the story of a beautiful love story between a couple, hold some historic relevance or just impeccable craftsmanship. It could be ...
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 ...