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Blue swallowtail coat? How elegant!
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Started conversation Jan 7, 2021
I've looked up swallowtail coats from the early 19th Century. I realize that I used to own one -- it was required concert wear for a prestigious chorus I once sang with (I won't brag by saying which one, as I was suddenly not good enough for them by the time I was 33).
When I get nostalgic for those days, I imagine that I'm Fred Astaire in "Top Hat".
Blue swallowtail coat? How elegant!
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jan 7, 2021
I don't want to downplay Burns's gumption. Imagine throwing confederate soldiers in jail -- or at least trying to. And wearing a tailcoat to war. 
A General might, but Burns wasn't even an official soldier.
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