@CaptAmehrican Shhhhhhhh…
Doesn’t count as a jinx because that is the old logo. I have a red hat in that, and will not be able to wear it tomorrow because of you!
@CaptAmehrican the only thing about the PA uniform picture that better matches the Patriots logo is the dual shoulder belts which, despite whatever your site would have you believe, would have been common in either uniform. Officers who didn’t carry muskets would probably wear just one but infantry and the like would have had two, one for their cartridges and the other for a sword.
Of course, all of this ignores the fact that Pat the Patriot is a logo created by a designer seeking to make a symbol emblematic of the team’s name, the Patriots, likely with little regard for any particular local uniform variation tie-ins, if one could even reasonably argue that such a thing existed. While George Washington worked to establish standardized uniforms and such across the army the reality is that it was a time of war and supplies were scarce, it was far more likely for a battle line to be formed looking like this:
This is the Massachusetts 2nd during the Revolution
This is the Pennsylvania State Regiment uniform
Source
http://www.srcalifornia.com/uniforms/uindex.htm
Anyone else think the Pats uniform looks more like the Pennsylvania one then Massachusetts
@CaptAmehrican Shhhhhhhh…
Doesn’t count as a jinx because that is the old logo. I have a red hat in that, and will not be able to wear it tomorrow because of you!
@mfladd maybe it implies pennsylvania will be helping the pats
@CaptAmehrican the only thing about the PA uniform picture that better matches the Patriots logo is the dual shoulder belts which, despite whatever your site would have you believe, would have been common in either uniform. Officers who didn’t carry muskets would probably wear just one but infantry and the like would have had two, one for their cartridges and the other for a sword.
Of course, all of this ignores the fact that Pat the Patriot is a logo created by a designer seeking to make a symbol emblematic of the team’s name, the Patriots, likely with little regard for any particular local uniform variation tie-ins, if one could even reasonably argue that such a thing existed. While George Washington worked to establish standardized uniforms and such across the army the reality is that it was a time of war and supplies were scarce, it was far more likely for a battle line to be formed looking like this:
@jbartus You’re falling into the trap.
Lookers, weren’t they?
@f00l I guess battle was not for fashion cowards.
@f00l look back at fashion in the 1970s and 1980s it was worse. Besides my ancestor fought in the Mass 5th regiment so no implying negative.
@mehcuda67 - You had to be able to see people in all the smoke. It was the same in the '70s.
@CaptAmehrican
Was not being snarky about the revolutionary uniforms.
I think they looked great, for the times.
I also have ancestors from that war. I’m pretty sure of at least VA, PA, and NJ.
Actually Pat Patriot is the old logo.They use that scuzzy 2000s swooshy patriot head now.
It seems almost appropriate to mention here that the Patriots will wear their white jerseys today. Because the white jerseys have been lucky.
https://sports.yahoo.com/patriots-wear-white-super-bowl-164906967.html
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22188550/new-england-patriots-wear-road-white-jerseys-super-bowl