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Epaulets worn by George Washington
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[ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]
These decorative dress epaulets, made of woven gilt lame, yellow silk, and white silk, were worn by George Washington at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781 and when he resigned his military commission in 1783. Washington gave them to his aide-de-camp, David Humphreys, on the day of his resignation.