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Before the arrival of Europeans, Natives dressed in various animal skins and furs. Pelts were sown together to serve as coats, with the fur worn on the inside. With the influx of European trade, Natives soon discovered the advantages of wool over furs. Wool dries quicker and is not as heavy fur when wet. Even when wet, wool provides more protection from the cold and wind. Initially, trade blankets were repurposed into coats but eventually European style wool coats became favored trade items. The most frequent color appears to have been red and resembled British military coats (which may have given rise to the erroneous notion that every brave adorned thusly was wearing a “trophy coat” taken from a slain enemy), however blue wool was a favorite among many of the Southeastern Indian nations.
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Princess Elizabeth in ATS Uniform, 1944-45 In February 1945, Princess Elizabeth was appointed an honorary second subaltern in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) and given the rank of honorary junior...
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Winston Churchill, Sudan, 1898 In 1896, Churchill was determined to get a transfer to be a part of the war in Sudan. Many serving officers wanted experience of battle to...
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Thomas Edward Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), 1918 Lawrence was a British army officer, diplomat, archaeologist, and writer. In 1914 he worked for the British Museum in Ottoman Syria. When war...
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Captain Meriwether Lewis, 1803Meriwether Lewis was born on 18 August 1774 and joined the United States Army in 1795 at the age of 20. By 1800 he had risen to...