People in George Washington's time looked pretty good in their clothes, if one judges by how two of them appeared during the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution's George Washington Tea in Atlanta last week.
Danny Addington and his son, Travis Addington, were a citizen and a mountain man, respectively. Their clothes were sewn by Carolyn Addington, mother and wife.
The mountain man's leather gear had been borrowed, however, from Civil War re-enactor Keith Tromza.
The pair looked very comfortable. Mountain man Travis explained he had pockets for tobacco, pipe, powder horn, bullets, two knives, a little saw, medicine and some spots and design elements with functions he did not know.
He also carried a handmade rifle that looked very lethal.
Danny said his family had a patriot in the Revolutionary War, a civilian who provided supplies for the Army.
"You had to have guns, bullets, food and clothes or you couldn't fight," he said. "These suppliers were very vital."
His garments had been made of wool, just as the Revolutionary soldier might have had, Carolyn Addington said.