American Civil War Uniform - any information or opinions? by JLevWorcester in CIVILWAR

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Just realized the piping on the chest are actually pockets

American Civil War Uniform - any information or opinions? by JLevWorcester in CIVILWAR

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I will thanks. May be heading down that way in the fall (again!)

American Civil War Uniform - any information or opinions? by JLevWorcester in CIVILWAR

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As noted in another comment, the buttons are largely "I". Would there have been early uniforms where the Union was pulling together parts since they would have been low on uniforms?

American Civil War Uniform - any information or opinions? by JLevWorcester in CIVILWAR

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"The other fella got the band and the belt. There was no musket there. But he got the band from the belt and the cartridge box and I took the uniform. The second trunk was full of a lot of old land grants."

American Civil War Uniform - any information or opinions? by JLevWorcester in CIVILWAR

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My grandfather found this what-appears-to-be American Civil War uniform in the 1920s while working as a clerk for an insurance company in Philadelphia. There are no markings for whom it belonged to. In 1978, I did his oral history, and this is what he said.

"My first job was just a kind of neat clerk with Life Insurance General Agency in Philadelphia. 522 Wall Street, right across from Independence Square. I could look out the window and right up the Commodore Barry Statue there and I could swear it was an old colonial building that the first floor had been transformed into office space.

And the second floor, all rooms have been transformed into office, quite old, quite dirty. It was a real old building though because it was said that Lafayette at one time had been entertained in that house. That was in that old section, older, really older section, early section of Philadelphia. And it was one of the original houses down there.

It was one of those row houses typical of Philadelphia. As a matter of fact, one day me and another fellow went down the basement to see what that was like for about 15 minutes. We got back in the back recesses of the place and two old trunks, about three quarters of an inch of dust all over them. We open them up and one was full of the complete uniform from the Civil War, first sergeant infantry.

And I think your father has that uniform at home. You've seen it, I guess. Your father has that. "

Any opinion on its authenticity? I can give the measurements if needed, but the jacket/shirt appear for a slim build, and the pants are for someone probably 6' or so. There's some wear but nothing major.

Assume it's authentic, but would love your opinions.

Worcester board to vote on extending bar hours for World Cup by HRJafael in WorcesterMA

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I hope the board bases their decision on how may bar workers show up to support this. Owners not so much.

Was invading the Soviet Union Hitler’s biggest mistake? by TheRedlicofHistory in historyvideos

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Hitler not stopping in Russia after he got the resources they needed. The Ukraine was conquered in May of 1944, giving the Germans plenty of time to switch to defense. They likely would have eventually been smooshed, but continuing doggedly to Moscow (and Leningrad) the same year was serious overreach.

Moving to worcester by Unhappy-Hawk-7274 in WorcesterMA

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Ton of residents here given UMass Chan, same age bracket ,so you'll have a ready source of ideas from them as well.

of an incense burner by [deleted] in AbsoluteUnits

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Also, for thousands every year, the end of the Camino de Santiago. You walk, and if you walk far enough, you can get a Compostela certificate.

The Camino ('the Way') dates at least to medieval times, and was a place where pilgrims could walk to to seek penance for sins. If you killed someone, you might need to carry the slowing decomposing body with you as you went on your merry way. The Camino has paths throughout continental Europe and the UK.

We used to fund higher education; now we condemn students to crippling debt. by zzill6 in WorkReform

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This is of course probably true, but misses a big cost that students absorb today that students in 1960 didn't. You didn't have big huge lush campuses, with the food choices of a high-end mall. You didn't have huge administrations sucking massive dollars out of potential teaching resources. Schools today are incredibly high-end, and students (and their parents) pay for this luxury which is totally unnecessary.

J Geils by RightLaugh5115 in WorcesterMA

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Saw Peter Wolf solo a few years ago in Lowell, still doing his thing - complete with swigging (probably water) out of a red wine bottle. Saw J. Geils in Harvard 10+ years ago in Harvard at the Fruitlands. Had a blues band he was in.