JHS Presentation: The Dirty Blue Shirts present The Web They Wove: Women & their Wardrobes during New England’s Revolution
When: Thursday, June 18th from 4:00 to 5:00 PM
Location: Jamestown Library, 26 North Road, Jamestown
Free and Open to the Public
Underpinning the sensationalism of battle reports & broadsides is the often-silent steadiness of women’s work with textiles. The choices they made every day about fashion and fabric consumption & creation drove the course of Revolution just as determinedly as any congress. As we commemorate the 250th anniversary of the War for Independence, it is these local lives dressed in fulled wool or spun silk that continue to inspire creativity, resilience, and empathy in us today. From the mythology of homespun to legends of midnight rides in red cloaks & 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 world turned upside down. This program is presented by costumed historians and includes reproduction clothing pieces & fabric samples as well as a presentation with images of extant originals.
Members may reserve a seat by sending an email to info@jhsri.org with date of event and names of members wishing to attend. The JHS will confirm your registration by email.
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