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Thread #30091 Message #807309
Posted By: Jim Krause
20-Oct-02 - 02:50 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
Subject: RE: Help: Tie a yellow ribbon-origin
Guest,
The yellow stripe, or welt more properly, was sewn into the outside seam of a cavalryman's blue trousers. When the U.S. army adopted the khaki after the Spanish American War (1898-1900) I believe the yellow welt was done away with.