“She was like, ‘I did not care because I was with my honey’ — that’s what she called my pop pop,” Bill said. “And she had just a wonderful time just being with him and really just taking it all in — that there was this time in their life where they could start a family and all these things she’d always dreamed of,” she ended.
Her grandparents, the Donatos, were married in 1952 and spent their honeymoon in New York City that May, visiting places in Manhattan like The New Yorker Hotel.
She received hundreds of responses after posting a video with just the luggage, encouraging her to try on the gowns, so she did. She tried on her grandmother’s gowns and her jewelry.
She fit everything well. She also remarked on how well-preserved the clothing was.
“It’s pretty cool how they’ve been so intact to this day like it was 70 years ago [and] there’s elastic on some of the pieces and [they’re] still springy,” Madeline said.

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