Abstract	A black and white photograph featuring two refugees being showered with rice following their wedding at Fort McCoy, taken by the La Crosse Tribune photographer William J. Lizdas. The photograph was included in the La Crosse Tribune's "The Cuban Odyssey" published on June 2, 1985. The photograph was part of the section titled "Five Years Later: Freedom found, freedom lost." Another photograph of the couple was included in the article titled "Rice flies at McCoy as couple marries," published in the La Crosse Tribune on September 14, 1980. That photograph caption reads: "Cuban refugees Jorge Luis Pons, 22, and his new bride, Sandra, 17, leave the Army chapel amid showers of rice Saturday after being married in a civil ceremony."
Associated name	Pons, Jorge Luis
	Pons, Sandra
Owner	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
	La Crosse Tribune
Photographer	Lizdas, William J.
Type of resource	still image
Genre	picture
Genre authority	marcgt
Publisher name	La Crosse Tribune
Place of publication	La Crosse, Wisconsin
Date published	1980-09-14
Date captured	2016-03-28
Language	zxx
Width	6.94
Height	9.62
Subject topic	People -- Immigrants Authority: TGM
Subject topic	People -- Refugees Authority: TGM
Subject topic	Rites & ceremonies -- Weddings Authority: TGM
Subject topic	Manners & customs -- Marriage Authority: TGM
Note	Donated to UW-La Crosse Special Collections on October 26, 2006.
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Collection	Freedom Flotilla Collection / Freedom Flotilla Photographs
ID	06e0a18d-a902-46b5-bd08-fa49c96ea580/wlacu000/00000017/00000089
Stock number	La Crosse Immigration Cuban Box: Folder 7
Doi	17-0089