Why do all Americans wear cowboy hats?

I've always heard that most men wore a hat outside, prior to John Kennedy being President. The hat can be seen in many 1940's movies. When Kennedy (Jack) ran for President he didn't wear a hat, and legend is that the need for men to wear a hat then ended.

Today, in my opinion, and observations, many men, when not dressed for "business" or a formal occasion, wear either a baseball cap, with a team logo, or a baseball cap with some other type of insignia, or logo of a company. There is also a newish addition to the baseball cap that is called a hip-hop baseball cap, where the brim is flat. Some males wear either of the hats backwards. In suburbia, males tend not to wear a hat, in my opinion.

Many males wear no hat, since wearing a hat, in my opinion, connotes an image one wants to portray, and wearing no hat portrays its own image of not having a hat wearing image.

Younger males, and some females often wear baseball caps, and many older males too.

Cowboy hats on the east coast are seen rarely. Perhaps, by a visiting westerner wanting to make a statement that he is a tourist from the west, in my opinion.

Anyway, when most men wore a hat, I believe we had a more civil society, since men acted like the hat made them sort of a gentleman. That is all gone now. Men are not called gentleman now, in my opinion. Just males, trying to live in a society where only women have the right to be called "ladies," again in my opinion.

I believe more younger Hispanics wear a baseball cap., as do younger Black males. White males are hat wearers to a lesser degree, in my opinion.

And then there's the thought in NYC that a hat wearer might be an Orthodox Jew, or some other religion that wears hats. So, that in itself can be an incentive for some not to wear a hat.

Dyslexia of a2k was an actual cowboy - rancher, and the Stetson brand hat was his choice for lots of decades. He was a sophisticated man and I don't associate the word tourist with him. Visitor to New York City would do. If I remember the story right, he caused a bit of a stir in London too. That was just his usual hat - but I'm sure he was aware of reactions. (Now I'm wondering if he wore a Stetson in Spain. Probably.)

I can't see that. I have mentioned many times that I can't do you tube.

Say what you think yourself.

None of those hats are any good for animal lovers.

how 'bout a polecat hat...

I said animal lover, or you could have gone for something like this.

it's really hard to love a live skunk, though...

I wouldn't know. Someone told me that a car that ran over a skunk had to be scrapped.

Sombrero means HAT.
A baseball cap is a sombrero.

To some extent, it's a generational thing. My father always wore a fedora; he wouldn't step outdoors uncovered. And there was a whole mystique of etiquette connected with it. You had to remember to doff your hat when greeting someone in the street and to take it off and hold it in an elevator (lift) or when speaking to a woman. Too much crap to remember, imo.

I never wore headgear untl I was in the army and regulations told you quite plainly when to 'cover' and when not to and what type of hat or cap a particular uniform required with it. Later, I adopted the US Western style (usually a Stetson) simply as a fashion statement.

Wanna make somethin' of it?

So, the New York Red Sox all wear sombreros?

They look like normal baseball caps to me.

Caps are back in fashion!

Dutch or exploding?

...on spending

Ooh, good one!