Quilts have bicentennial covered

By The Whig-Standard

Posted 7 hours ago

The Union Jack was headed across the border to be hung proudly in Sackets Harbor, N.Y., on Wednesday as a reminder of the battles of the War of 1812.

This symbol won’t be at the head of a marching army, but it will be joining a display of quilts that will be part of the commemorative activities in the community to mark the bicentennial of the conflict.
Sheila Cornett, a member of the Limestone Quilters’ Guild, was driving seven quilts made locally to be hung at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail 1812 Bicentennial Quilt Show, running March 17-18.
The quilts were required to be period-authentic, made of similar material and design as quilts that might have been made in the 1812 era.
That means they were to be the so-called “cot-to-coffin” type. The phrase refers to the use the quilts might have been put to, ranging from keeping a sleeping soldier warm in his cot to wrapping his dead body should he fall in battle.
Quilts are expected to come in from at least 18 U.S. states as well as Canada.
The quilt show is part of a weekend of bicentennial activities that are to include re-enactors in period costume, exhibits and history interpreters.