HARRISBURG — Two members of Pennsylvania Tent 62 Katherine Wilson Curtin recently spoke at the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg about the unique and fascinating story of a stunningly elegant, French-made purple velvet and silk dress ensemble of the 1880s.
Tent 62 is the local chapter of Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865 based in Boalsburg.
The dress, currently owned by the museum, belonged to and was worn by Centre County native and Pennsylvania Civil War First Lady, Katherine Wilson Curtin, the namesake of Tent 62…