Yankee Doodle

which fife is that?How much do they cost?

wow hard drum beat

septic tanks-how come the sergeant stripes are in the correct Britsh manner rather than the hollywood yankee soldier stripes which are usually upsidedown?

That was US Army regulation for that period of time, until the tail end of the 19th Century...and so was saluting with an open palm too.

thanks for the clarification-do you think the US high command changed the stripes and salute to differentiate from GB.I know its of no interest to the US but the" upside down " stripes look peculiar to Brits-its a bit like a horse shoe-lucky when "up" unlucky when "down"

Haha I know what you mean. Actually as a reenactor myself I've always found that interesting...especially when people try and correct me and say "Naaaw we never wore stripes liek that/saluted like that...that's British." lol

Actually I think you are correct...it more than likely had something to do with both differentiation AND tradition together. (The US Marine Corps, however, did in fact wear their chevrons "point up" during the Civil War, unlike the Army.)

Considering that most Commonwealth countries wear their chevrons point down, I think that differentiation was involved in some way.

thanks for coming back-I was not aware commonwealth countries were "upside down"-in Canada last month-coppers stripes pointing up-I think lol
Sorry for addressing you all as "septic tanks"-its cockney ryhming (sp)slang

Haha well I didn't mean ALL commonwealth countries for that matter...haha and when I say "upside down" I mean in comparison to the US, which is "upside down" to you lol.

And actually I got the "septic tanks" rhyming slang. =D