At one recent wedding, the bride and groom added some conversation starters to their place settings.  At each setting were two printed papers, antiqued and mounted on cardstock.  One of the cards featured "Love Quotes", a collection of quotes from their favorite songs, poems, stories and movies.  This turned out to be a real conversation starter while guests were enjoying the cookie table before the reception.  One good reference is to search Bartlett's Familiar Quotations at www.bartleby.com.  Use the thesaurus there and search quotations for a variety of words related to love.

The other paper featured a list of "On This Day In History"--significant events that occured on the wedding date throughout history, with the very last entry being the couples wedding!  On this particular date, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean (here's hoping the marriage turns out better than Amelia's flying career).  One excellent reference is the Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org).  You can enter the month and day of your wedidng, and it will return a list of significat events on that date.  For instance, on our anniversary, Disneyland opened in Anaheim (1955).

Clarification: We were married on the same day, but several decades after Disneyland opened.