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British Army buttons, similar to the World War I British button on the lift, featuring the crown of the British monarch, angered Irish-American Soldiers of the New York National Guard's 69th Infantry who were asked to wear the British Army coats to replace their worn out American uniforms. The Soldiers almost contemplated burning the offending uniforms, which represented a British government they'd come to America to escape. The crisis was prevented when the leadership of the 69th, which was part of the National Guard's 42nd "Rainbow" Division when the leadership of the unit told the Soldiers to cut the British buttons off the new uniform coats and replace them with American buttons (like that on the left) from their old worn-out uniforms. (New York State Military Museum)
| Date Taken: | 02.15.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 02.16.2018 10:02 |
| Photo ID: | 4148008 |
| VIRIN: | 180215-Z-A3538-1002 |
| Resolution: | 594x324 |
| Size: | 103.18 KB |
| Location: | SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK, US |
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