Jenna Bush Wedding Details
May 05, 2008
First daughter Jenna Bush seems to be putting her party days behind her.
The public school teacher – who graduated in 2004 with a degree in English from the University of Texas at Austin – is tying the knot this weekend with fiancé Henry Hager.
Officially, the wedding is a private, family affair, but the president and first lady have gradually dribbled out details about the nuptials Saturday at their 1,600-acre ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Jenna will wear an Oscar de la Renta gown with a small train. More than 200 friends and relatives will attend the outdoor ceremony with dinner and dancing. There are 14 bridesmaids with Barbara Bush, Jenna’s twin, serving as maid of honor. She helped Hager make decisions about the ring. The diamond, a Hager family heirloom, was reset in a ring that also features sapphires.
On Monday, the president disclosed that Jenna will say “I do” near a lake at the ranch — in front of a giant cross made of Texas limestone. The cross, built for the wedding, will serve as a landmark at the ranch for years to come.
After the wedding, the couple plans to live in a two-bedroom, two-bath townhouse on the south side of Baltimore where she plans to return to teaching and he will work for Constellation Energy, a power supplier based in Maryland.
Laura Bush admits that she half hoped Jenna and Hager, whom she calls “soul mates,” would get married at the White House. But Jenna said she was raised in Texas and having a White House wedding just wasn’t her style.
“It means a lot to Henry and me to be outdoors,” Jenna said in an interview with Vogue magazine. “We wanted something organic and low-key.
“There’s a glamour to it, I know,” she said of White House ceremonies. “But Henry and I are far less glamorous than the White House.”
