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Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:55:04 -0500

Remember the lyrics to Yankee Doodle ("He stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni!")? The meaning of that was a mystery to me until the black dress exhibit explained that a famous Black dandy of the 1770's adopted the popular foppish costume of colorful clothes, walking stick, oversize boutonniere, and cockaded hat, all of which was the uniform of the "Macaroni" A black character in the popular play of the time was named Mungo.