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History’s Most Interesting Coat

Polish nobleman Thaddeus Kosciuszko contributed to the American Revolution in many ways. He also contributed Catherine the Great’s coat to Thomas Jefferson.
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History’s Most Interesting Coat
(L) A portrait of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, after 1807, by Karl G Schweikart. National Museum of Warsaw. Thomas Jefferson in an official portrait painted by Rembrandt Peale. Public Domain
Carrie Gress
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As coat season is upon us, I’m reminded of what could be the most interesting coat in all of history.

All of us have seen it before, the fur coat wrapped aristocratically over the shoulders of Thomas Jefferson in an official portrait painted by Rembrandt Peale.

Carrie Gress
Carrie Gress
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Carrie Gress is a fellow at the Ethics & Public Policy Center and a scholar at the Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University of America. She is also the editor of TheologyOfHome.com and the author of numerous books, including “The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture From Toxic Femininity.” Her forthcoming book is "The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us" (Regnery, 2023).
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