Tag: abolition
Facial Hair Friday: William and William (A Tale of Two Neck Beards)
Why were neck beards ever socially acceptable? In my humble opinion, they are the facial equivalent of mullets or bowl cuts. Unlike bad haircuts, however, they may have had some useful characteristics. Maybe they kept cold wind from blowing in men’s collars. Maybe their wives objected to prickly beards and mustaches but the husbands still [...]
Posted by Nikita on December 21, 2012, under - Civil War, Facial Hair Fridays, Uncategorized.
Tags: abolition, abraham lincoln, anti-secession, anti-slavery, Cabinet, civil war, Maine, neards, neck beards, Ohio, Postmaster General, Secretary of the Treasury, William Dennison, William Fessenden
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