Red caps of the French Revolution?

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Red caps of the French Revolution? Written by Joanmarie (8/25/2004 9:19 a.m.) in consequence of the missive, Henry the 8th, penned by Carolyn

Also known as the Phrygian caps...

They wore them in 1789...

"The first Phrygian caps appeared on the heads of the French people a few months after the storming of the Bastille. They were made out of red woolen cloth and went with the striped clothes of the most fervent revolutionaries, the sans-culottes. Wearing the red cap was a way of publicly displaying one's patriotism."

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Henry the 8th Carolyn (8/23/2004 9:34 p.m.)

Red caps of the French Revolution? Joanmarie (8/25/2004 9:19 a.m.)
Henry VIII as a child Lisa Dalrymple (8/24/2004 1:14 p.m.)
His hat, Louisa! Cheryl (8/24/2004 2:58 a.m.)
- I thought Medici Carolyn (8/24/2004 8:05 a.m.)
  - He looks like a peasant to me, Mandy N (8/24/2004 8:41 a.m.)

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