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- the origins of the Sisters’ traditional attire,
- how the look of the cornette changed over time,
- why it took 5 years for the American Daughters of Charity to change from Mother Seton’s black cap to the French cornette, and
- an incident during the Civil War involving the habit, President Lincoln, and an act of Congress.
All this and more, beginning tomorrow morning, on their blog: http://dcarchives.wordpress.com/
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