My first thought on reading Montezuma was a reference to the Marine Corps Hymn, From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli.
Red is the color of blood. The redcoats wore red coats so if a man was hit it wouldn’t frighten and demoralize the others.
There was a song in the English Labour party (It IS the anthem of the British Labour Party) someone taught me once, it goes to the tune of O Christmas Tree:...
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
IMHO, highly relevant, ichabod1. I had not known that about the Labour Party anthem. The others I had heard before. Thanks for that info.
“The redcoats wore red coats so if a man was hit it wouldn’t frighten and demoralize the others.”
This explains why ISIS and the Taliban wear brown pants...