The hats

1776 reenactment at the village, August, 2013.

While the battlefield reenactment was the draw, it was the hats that carried the day. The period outfits and the hats.

Victoria and Albert Museum - 18th Century Fashion
www.vam.ac.uk/page/0-9/18th-century-fashion

Colonial Williamsburg – 18th Century Clothing
www.history.org/history/clothing/intro

The Met - Eighteenth-Century European Dress
www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/eudr/hd_eudr.htm


Old Sturbridge Village (OSV). This is a yearly event, the first weekend in August.