Redcoat marching band on the Whitehouse lawn?
Interesting symbolism, GW.
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1 posted on
05/07/2007 8:31:50 AM PDT by
VxH
To: VxH
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Continental musicians wore red jackets. No symbolism at all.
3 posted on
05/07/2007 8:36:54 AM PDT by
sean_og
To: VxH
I love Pomp and Circumstance...
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I just hope she remembers that we kicked their butts.
To: VxH
Redcoat marching band on the Whitehouse lawn? Interesting symbolism, GW.
Historically accurate. In the Revolutionary Army under George Washington the band members wore red, not blue like the infantry.
10 posted on
05/07/2007 8:45:05 AM PDT by
Cheburashka
(Do you know what they do to puppets in prison?)
To: VxH
Relax. Continental Army bandsmen wore red. You're not going to get a reenactment group to deviate from the uniforms in use at the time, even if it looks funny when greeting the Queen . . .
(Of course we could claim we were saying, "We relegate red coats to our noncombatants, nyah nyah nyah.")
13 posted on
05/07/2007 8:48:02 AM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: VxH
How much do you think he made her pay to sleep in the Lincoln bedroom? heheheh....
To: VxH
At least it's just the Queen visiting the White House and not the British demolition remodelling crew again.
31 posted on
05/07/2007 8:57:47 AM PDT by
bobjam
To: VxH
U.S. Army's Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps I used to live at Ft McNair in downtown DC where these guys are stationed. Very cool seeing them all the time. There was also a contingent of troops decked out as infantry of the time. The armory was hilarious with M-16s next to smoothbore muskets. Felt for the guys on those hot summer days reviewing for some visiting dignitary. Those wool outfits made more than a few fall out.
35 posted on
05/07/2007 9:02:15 AM PDT by
doodad
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What’s the deal with these top hats she’s wearing? I think they have little coolers in them, and that’s where she keeps her Slim Jims and Mountain Dew...
43 posted on
05/07/2007 9:09:37 AM PDT by
mrs. a
(It's a short life but a merry one...)
To: VxH
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being greeted later Monday morning with a 21-gun salute There was a time when we couldn't spare the ammunition in the presence of the British. How times have changed!
69 posted on
05/07/2007 12:09:41 PM PDT by
GretchenM
(What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus)
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When will the British tax payers toss those free loaders out on their butts?
To: VxH
Royalty was eliminated several hundred years ago. Why is anyone using the word “queen” today? There is no monarchy, no royalty, no king, no queen. It’s an outmoded concept.
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