Tag: Americana
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Forever in Blue Jeans
We all love our jeans. Most of us live in them most of the time. Kinda hard to imagine that they haven’t existed as human clothing since the dawn of time. But the truth is that they were invented pretty recently: 1853, as protective, sturdy work gear for miners trying to find gold in California.…
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Of flags and clothing
The American celebration of Independence Day includes some colorful traditions, like fireworks and often firecrackers and sparklers, picnics and cookouts, and a lot of showing the good old red, white, and blue. Given our recent focus on the DIY, I did a quick search on Etsy for “American flag clothes” to see what would come…