Posted by Bill (other posts) on February 09, 2014 at 13:25:41 Previous Next
In Reply to: Lincoln Brunch posted by Long Hair In Albany on February 09, 2014 at 13:11:34:
: Our civil war group had it's annual Lincoln Brunch to celebrate
: the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
: And as usual I had the longest hair in the place.
: My hair is even longer than all the women in the place.
Pretty cool! I know that great feeling, because I often have the longest beard in a place. Yeah, even longer than any of the women's. [wink]
: I'm really enjoying going to these things and being the guy with the longest hair in the place. And in all the years i've been
: involved in the civil war group i've still never gotten a single
: complaint about my hair.
There was little if any bigotry against longhaired men back in the 1860s, so such an attitude would be out of period, I would think. Just make sure you don't shed at any of the luncheons. If someone finds a really long hair in their soup, they will know it is yours!
Bill