The background is one of over a dozen portraits of herself done in honor of this June 28, 1838 ceremony
... Compton believes the marriage occurred around 1838, when 
Smith was... [DOC] [TLE] peace history june - PeaceButtons.info [PAR] America's worst race riot, begun the day before over the threat of a lynching, ... [
see June 28, 1969], the beginning of the modern gay rights movement.