The Web They Wove: Women and Their Wardrobes During New England's Revolution
"What did they do, our grandmothers, as they sat spinning all the day? Are we not ourselves the web they wove?" ----Anonymous toast DAR 1910 Litchfield Chapter
The Seymour Library welcomes the group "The Dirty Blue Shirts". The group provides living history talk about what the "everyday" person wore, ate or did in the past to make a living. This program will be presented by costumed historians and includes reproduction clothing pieces.
The Dirty Blue Shirts talk will be about the never-ending women's work with textiles to clothe themselves and family. The choices they made everyday about fashion and fabric consumption and creation drove the course of Revolution just as determinedly as any congress. As southern New England commemorates the 250th anniversary of the War for Independence, it is these local lives that continue to inspire creativity, resilience, and empathy in us today.
From the mythology of homespun to legends of midnight rides in red cloaks and calashes, The Dirty Blue Shirts share stories of women who waged war on multiple fronts as well as a look at what they wore as their worlds turned upside down.
Call the Library at 203-888-3903 for more information on this program. Registration is not necessary for this program.
Event Links
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