Excitement building for Chelsea Clinton’s wedding

Secretary Clinton has had no public events on her schedule this week. Perhaps she’s busy preparing for daughter Chelsea’s wedding on Saturday?! Meanwhile, excitement is building in Rhinebeck, N.Y., the site of the wedding. Above, the Hudson Valley News, a local newspaper, features Chelsea Clinton on its cover this week. Here are some other photos ...

Photos: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images
Photos: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images
Photos: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images

Secretary Clinton has had no public events on her schedule this week. Perhaps she's busy preparing for daughter Chelsea's wedding on Saturday?!

Secretary Clinton has had no public events on her schedule this week. Perhaps she’s busy preparing for daughter Chelsea’s wedding on Saturday?!

Meanwhile, excitement is building in Rhinebeck, N.Y., the site of the wedding. Above, the Hudson Valley News, a local newspaper, features Chelsea Clinton on its cover this week. Here are some other photos from Rhinebeck:

STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images

STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images

A sign outside Leonardo’s Italian Market on July 28 assures Chelsea Clinton and groom Marc Mezvinsky that their wedding guests will not go hungry.

STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images

STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images

Rascal, the raccoon mascot from the Hudson Valley Renegades baseball team, still hopes Chelsea will choose him over Marc.

Preeti Aroon was copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009 to 2016 and was an FP assistant editor from 2007 to 2009. Twitter: @pjaroonFP

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