MICHIGAN: A record 1,201 couples tied the nuptial knot at a collective wedding ceremony held on campus of Western Michigan University.
According to local media a Guinness World Record official on site certified the record event held Saturday. The event broke the previous record of 1,087 couples renewing their vows at Miami University in Ohio in 2009 .
The President of the University President John Dunn and his wife, Linda, were among the couples who renewed their vows.
The group included couples from the United States, Canada and Japan and a couple from the Western Michigan University class of 1943.
The ceremony was officiated by the Mayor of the town Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby Hopewell.
