# \[American\] women taking off their hats for the National Anthem?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-women-taking-off-their-hats-for-the-national-anthem/310153>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 28, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-women-taking-off-their-hats-for-the-national-anthem/310153 "2005-06-28T05:00:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-women-taking-off-their-hats-for-the-national-anthem/310153/21 "2005-06-29T00:02:41Z")

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Pretty much. Miss Manners, oracle of proper behavior, says that ladies’ hats stay on, but ladies wearing baseball caps must take them off. If you like, I’ll type the passage out for you?

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**Author:** ![La\_Llorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@La\_Llorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_Llorona)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-women-taking-off-their-hats-for-the-national-anthem/310153/22 "2005-06-29T00:06:36Z")

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Nah, I’ll take your word for it. Thanks for the offer, though.

Perhaps a nice cloche…?

😕

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