Morgan Freeman's Glory hat: Museum Object and Cultural History
Morgan Freeman's Glory hat: wearer: Freeman, Morgan. maker: C & D Jarnagin Co Inc.. Object Name: hat.
The object in the museum catalogue
Sergeant Major's hat worn by Morgan Freeman in the 1989 biographical drama Glory. This is the first film to illustrate the involvement of African American soldiers in the Civil War. The movie follows the story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the first African American Union regiment organized in the North during the Civil War, and culminates in the Battle at Fort Wagner. Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, and Cary Elwes star in this film.
Materials, dates and provenance
- wearer: Freeman, Morgan
- maker: C & D Jarnagin Co Inc.
- Object Name: hat
- Physical Description: wool (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (buckle; pins material)
- Physical Description: leather (bill material)
- Physical Description: canvas (hatband material)
- Measurements: overall: 5 in x 11 in x 8 in; 12.7 cm x 27.94 cm x 20.32 cm
- place made: United States: Mississippi, Corinth
- Subject: Movie
- Subject: Motion Pictures
- ID Number: 1991.0279.02
- accession number: 1991.0279
- catalog number: 1991.0279.02
- Credit Line: Gift of Paul Culberg
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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