WAR COUTUREBy Adia

*ON MARCH 23, 1779 THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ASSIGNED GEORGE WASHINGTON TO PICK THE COLORS FOR THE COLONIES TO WEAR FOR THE WAR

*AT FIRST GEORGE CHOSE BROWN *LATER HE CHANGED THE COLOR TO

BLUE. *AT THAT TIME THERE WAS NOT A LOT

OF CLOTH AVAILABLE TO THE COLONISTS*THEY WORE WHAT THEY COULD FIND.

The Beginning

*THE BRITISH WORE RED. *DIFFERENT RANKS AND REGIMENTS HAD DIFFERENT COLORED FACINGS.

*THEY HAD A LOT MORE SUPPLIES

*THEY ALL HAD MATCHING UNIFORMS.

The Beginning

COLONISTS

The colonists first uniform.

The colonists second uniform.

COLONISTo At first the colors

where brown with different color facings for each regiment.

o Facings are the collars, cuffs, and trim of the uniform coat.

o Eventually the colors were changed to blue with different color facings for each regiment.

BRITISH

CREDITS•http://www.pics4learning.com/details.php?img=1812_british_soldiers_8.jpg

•BARCK, DOROTHY C. Uniforms of the American Army . Sons of the Revolution in the      State of California , 2011. Web. 7 Apr. 2011.      <http://www.srcalifornia.com/uniforms/uniforms.htm>.

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