Hello! Do you like my hat?

[Private Watkins]

 

[Private Watkins]

 

[Private Watkins]

 

[Private Watkins]

 

[LoriAnn]

The feathers are an extra fabulous touch.

Here's a question: Why the feathers? I wonder how that got started.

 

[E_just_E]

The feathers are an extra fabulous touch.

Here's a question: Why the feathers? I wonder how that got started.

He just wanted a feather in his cap

In ceremonial dress, the biggest the hat, the biggest the status (thus the big hat expression.)

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[JOHN42768]

There has to be some naked birds laughing themselves silly upon see where their feathers were used.

 

[Mike Serpa]

New York State Military Museum photo

 

[Mike Serpa]

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/union-generals/custer/pictures/custer-portrait.jpg

 

[AndyHall]

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No one laughs at that dude, at least to his face.

 

[matthew mckeon]

This is possibly the greatest thread in the history of CivilWarTalk.

 

[UCVRelics]

National Rifles DC Militia. I have one of their epaulets in my collection.

 

[bdtex]

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Artillery spotters probably liked it.

 

[JohnW.]

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He would be a good court jester, he already has the hat.

 

[War Horse]

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Now that's a dandy! They'd never see you coming.

 

[UCVRelics]

He just wanted a feather in his cap

In ceremonial dress, the biggest the hat, the biggest the status (thus the big hat expression.)

The only problem with the feathers in his hat as it wasn't long before he was hanging upside down. Mussolini

 

[major bill]

The feathers are an extra fabulous touch.

Here's a question: Why the feathers? I wonder how that got started.

Well one day this soldier walked into a bar with a chicken setting on top of his head...

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Purty hats, indeed!!.....Uniforms and hats had some real class back "in the day"!

 

[James B White]

Yankee Doodle went to town
Riding on a pony
Stuck a...

 

[brass napoleon]

Great thread, @Private Watkins!