Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Month of <strong>June</strong>: so many thin<br />
I LOVE America! did you know?......<br />
Seersucker Thursday (<strong>June</strong> 7) is an annual tradition in the<br />
United States Congress in which<br />
Senators wear clothing made of<br />
seersucker on National Seersucker<br />
Day. This light, cotton-based material<br />
is traditional in the Southern<br />
United States.<br />
The tradition was started by Republican Senator Trent Lott<br />
of Mississippi in 1996 who wanted to “bring a little Southern<br />
charm to the Capitol” to<br />
remind the Senate of how Senators<br />
dressed before the advent<br />
of air conditioning in the 1950s.<br />
Seersucker weave was introduced<br />
to the American south, probably through British<br />
colonial trade, sometime in the second half of the 19th<br />
century. The cotton weave, which originated in western<br />
India, became a signature look of the United States in the<br />
early 20th<br />
century because<br />
its light<br />
weight and<br />
pre-rumpled<br />
surface<br />
made it ideal<br />
for the intense<br />
humidity<br />
of summer.
Change language