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Mad dogs and Englishmen
By adamg on Mon, 07/05/2010 - 6:18pm
OK, and some tourists and crazed Bostonians slurping down hot chowder in front of City Hall. On a day like this, when even the people in T-shirts were dying, we can only imagine what it was like to march around downtown Boston reclaiming the territory for His Majesty in heavy woolen uniforms.
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Mad dogs and Englishmen.
Mad dogs and Englishmen.
Ding, ding, ding, ding!
Heat must've gotten to me to not have even thought of that 100% obvious headline! Thanks; I deleted my boring attempt at a headline for yours.
Hot!
It was a great day for wool uniforms, indeed!
It's not that bad
I used to reenact at Fort McHenry in Baltimore (more muggy and hot than Boston on any given day). Full wool, and in 1812 it was a tall stovepipe style hat instead of the tricorner. It really wasn't that bad all day. The wool is very airy and you just sweat into your replica undershirt which wicks it out to your sleeves. I could imagine a lot of other great things to wear instead, but I never felt like I was going to die in the uniform (buttoned to the chin too).
Honestly, I hated marching around in the zero-sole flat leather-bottomed shoes more than the wool uniforms.
marching bands in the South
My undergrad school was in the South, and the university marching band had these ancient wool uniforms in which they endured 100F+ temps on a regular basis. They surprisingly had few problems with heatstroke. The only upside I saw at the time was the sunblock effect of the wool, but your point about airiness is well taken.