Gouverneur Museum - The Military Room, Bedroom And Women's Room

Having toured the music room and children's room, I proceeded into the military room, unsure of what I'd find:

There were old uniforms, honor rolls of veterans, American flags and weapons of many kinds:

Lots of old uniforms from various wars and branches of service as well as rifles:

This display case was especially interesting with its powder horns and ancient vest:

On the right was a Civil War powder pouch, and on the left was a traditional cow horn with wooden plug:

A British Light Dragoon Mounted Infantry uniform jacket from the battle of Sacket's Harbor (War of 1812). It was hand-sewn and made of linen with braid of wool twist and pewter bullet buttons. The original color was scarlet, though it has faded over the last 202 years. It was brought home by Dr. John Spencer, a veteran of the conflict. I would suppose it was taken from a fallen British soldier. This area was active during the War of 1812:

I then ambled over to the bedroom. Indeed, it looked much like my grandmother's bedroom:

I began to notice an abundance of homemade quilts:

Another view of the bedroom - with more quilts:

And, as I left the bedroom, I noticed even more quilts along the railing. Surely these home sewn treasures had been passed down from family members over the years before they were donated to the museum:

The pink women's room featured a number of mannequins in Victorian Era attire, lots of clothing accessories and the oldest, most primitive sewing machine I've ever seen:

This surely was someone's best outfit and reserved for formal occasions. I was on the second floor and my next stop would be the cellar, where there were lots more displays, including a two-headed calf. But I'll post about that tomorrow: