| Hosted by | Seymour Public Library |
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| Details | “What did they do, our grandmothers, as they sat spinning all day? Are we not ourselves the web they wove?” Anonymous toast, DAR 1910 Litchfield chapter The Seymour Library welcomes the group The Dirty Blue Shirts. The group provides living history talks about what the “everyday” person wore, ate or did in the past to make a living. This program will be presented by costumed historians and includes reproduction clothing pieces. The Dirty Blue Shirts talk will be about the never-ending women’s work with textiles to clothe themselves and families. The choices they made everyday about fashion and fabric consumption and creation drove the course of Revolution just as determinedly as any congress. As southern New England commemorates the 250th anniversary of the War for Independence, it is these local lives dressed in fulled wool or spun silk that continues to inspire creativity, resilience, and empathy in us today. From the mythology of homespun to legends of midnight rides in red cloaks and calashes The Dirty Blue Shirts share stories of women who waved war on multiple fronts as well as a look at what they wore as their world turned upside down. Call the Library at 203 – 888-3903 for more information on this program. Registration is not necessary for this program. |
| Admission | Free |
| Location | Seymour Public Library |
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| More Info | info link |