Newport Light Infantry Miter Cap
date: label: date made
content: 1774
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Jacked leather with a painted front plate. At the top of this miter is the motto "Hope." Below is the British royal cipher or monogram, "GR" for <i>Georgeus Rex</i> or King George. It flanks a Rhode Island anchor. In the center of the plate is a female figure labeled "America" standing on a broken chain and a belt bearing the inscription "<i>Patria cara, carior Libertas</i>" or "Nation is dear, but Liberty is dearer."
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: On October 28, 1774, the Rhode Island General Assembly chartered the Newport Light Infantry as a voluntary association of local citizens. These citizens wanted to form a company to obtain better military training than the colonial militia provided. The infantry, 100 strong, demonstrated its patriotic fervor and could be seen around Newport uniformed and armed. With the occupation of Newport by the British in 1776, the company ceased to exist.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: A miter is a ceremonial, peaked headdress.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Rhode Island, Newport
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Rhode Island
topic: label: related event
content: American Revolution
label: related event
content: Revolution and the New Nation
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.2186.01
label: catalog number
content: 84816M
label: accession number
content: 1978.2186
label: catalog number
content: 1978.2186.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap, miter
label: Object Name
content: cap, mitre
label: Other Terms
content: Cap; cap, mitre; Man; M, Newport Light Infantry
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 8 1/4 in x 8 1/4 in; 25.4 cm x 20.955 cm x 20.955 cm