You can also see the guy following him is wearing a Marine hat. tv
> -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 5:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: reagan cortege - no political content! > > Excellent call, Ryan! > Now William can sleep more soundly...and Chris has a proper > answer to his question. <g> > > keith > > Ryan Lee wrote: > > > Hi Chris, > > > > Your post piqued my curiosity, and being obsessive, I embarked on a > > bit of a tedious quest to match tv's photo: > > http://www.bigdayphoto.com/reagan/040609-173122-6008.htm > > > > with some regiment somewhere. I narrowed it down to the Grenadier, > > Welsh, Irish, Scots and Coldstream Guards. Interestingly, they're > > differentiated by button spacings on the tunics: > > http://www.irishguards.net/IG2.htm > > > > However, that was a bit of a dead end, then I found out Canadian > > Grenadiers wear it too (after all, the hats come from their > bears..). > > But alas, the uniform did not match. > > > > Then I chanced upon an Encarta definition which mentioned > drum majors too. > > Kept checking and definitive success: > > http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/abt_band_uni_drum.html > > > > Cheers, > > Ryan > > > > PS. Hilarious fact: Regarding the difficulties encountered while > > searching for a synthetic alternative to bearskin, "They were also > > subject to static electricity, which was rather > embarrassing when they > > passed under > > (electricity) pylons." > > http://www.news-star.com/stories/081497/world2.html > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chris Stoddart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 5:46 PM > > Subject: Re: reagan cortege - no political content! > > > > > > > >>I thought Tom's pictures were interesting and important > regardless of > >>anything political - all the funeral proceedings have had at least > >>some exposure in the UK media. I know there are some knowlegeable > >>people on this list (ahem), so this picture of Tom's here: > >> > >>http://www.bigdayphoto.com/reagan/040609-173122-6008.htm > >> > >>shows a soldier in a bearskin hat. Do American regiments wear these? > >>Which ones, does anyone know? I thought they were a British-only > >>phenomenon? (cue cliche shot of London No356, Guardsman standing > >>outside Buck Palace). > >> > >>Chris > > >
