One of the bastions of this practice is the school in Lisbon, where equestrians ride on chamois or tapir skin saddles while dressed in burgundy velvet coats, high leather boots and black tricorn hats.

A time traveler appeared in the Victoria Advocate’s office last week wearing colonial garb with a tricorn hat perched atop his head. The man claimed to be from 1776 and had just crossed the icy ...

An honor guard appeared with tricorn hats, fifes and drums — all traditional Revolutionary War iconography. Those in attendance heard tunes deployed from the classic American songbook — from ...