Sunday, March 15, 2009

Red Coats at the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Boston

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Little did you know, we are actually not the Redcoats!! Check this out....
http://www.army.mil/FIFEANDDRUM/about.html

Anonymous said...

Yeah, about being British!! Um those uniforms are actually what the Musicians wore in the continental army. They wore the opposite colors of the unti to which they were assigned so they could be scene easier by there commanders in battle to rely orders. In 1784 the continental army wore blue coats with red facing therefore the musicians of the unit wore red coats with blue facings. It is comman miss conception about this unit that they are redcoats but this is not the case!!

Anonymous said...

They are not redcoats, they were the conitinental musicians uniform which were the oppsoite of the unit the were assigned. The continental army of 1784 wore blue coats with red facing and there fore the musicians wore red coats with blue facings!!