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TI: So now you're in Minneapolis with your mother-in-law and George. So tell me about the...

SA: Yes, my mother-in-law went back after she, after we got married.

TI: Tell me about the wedding. What was the wedding like?

SA: The wedding was held at a Christian church, and the reverend was Reverend Hayashi. He did the ceremony for us, it was very simple. We had a little banquet, and George invited his friends, and we had a luncheon after.

TI: So how was it for you having a...

SA: Well, I didn't know anyone.

TI: No, but the ceremony was with a Christian church.

SA: Yeah, I was a Buddhist, but everything was all arranged, George arranged everything before I got there, so I had no choice. But that was okay.

TI: Did you have the traditional wedding dress?

SA: No, I did not. Before I left the camp, I made a white suit so that it would be appropriate.

TI: And the white suit was something that you could wear other times, too, or was that just for the wedding?

SA: Mainly the reason I made it was for the wedding, but it was just a simple soup.

TI: So tell me the story, too, you made something else before you went to Minneapolis. It was like a bedspread?

SA: Hmm?

TI: At Poston you also made something else.

SA: I made a bedspread.

TI: A bedspread, yeah, can you tell me...

SA: I made a bedspread that was all hand-crocheted, and then I put a big A in the center of the spread, and it turned out quite nice. [Laughs]

TI: And when you put that A, people didn't know you were going to get married, or your friends didn't.

SA: No, no, they didn't.

TI: So what did they think when they saw the A?

SA: They thought I was doing it just as a hobby.

TI: But they didn't know why the A was there?

SA: I don't think they even knew it was there.

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