Long Island, New York, June 1974. Mom and Dad are about to leave their motel room to attend a wedding. The event captured at least two examples of how immigrants sometimes misread American cultural cues. First, the invitation had instructed that this was a "black tie" reception. All the Lithuanian men showed up in dress suits. Second, although women often wore floor-length dresses in the 1970s, Mom didn't know it is bad form for a guest to wear white to a wedding.
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