Campaign hat
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A campaign hat (also Stetson, Scout hat, Smokey Bear hat, lemon squeezer) is a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown pinched at the four corners. It is the original headgear for the Scout uniform, as designed by Robert Baden-Powell in Scouting for Boys. It should not be confused with a campaign cap.
Baden-Powell was British, but picked up the habit of wearing a Stetson campaign hat and neckerchief in the 1890s in Africa.[1] It was during this time that Baden-Powell, already a cavalryman, was befriended by the celebrated American scout Frederick Russell Burnham, who favored the campaign hat.[2] Of the hat, he wrote in Scouting for Boys:
- "[T]he broad-brimmed khaki hat is a good protection from sun and rain. It is kept on by a bootlace tied in a bow in front on the brim and going round the back of the head. This lace will come in handy in many ways when you camp. The hat has four dents in it."[3]
References
- ↑ Jeal, Tim (1989). Baden-Powell. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-170670-X.
- ↑ Donovan, Stephen (May 2012). "Colonial pedigree: class, masculinity, and history in the early Rhodesian novel". Nordic Journal of English Studies.
- ↑ "Scouting for Boys (Campfire Yarn No 3)" (PDF). oldsoutbooks.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-12. Retrieved 2025-02-22.