Tartan Day - April 6

CelticSire

CelticSire

US Veteran
Joined
Apr 25, 2003
Messages
1,111
Reaction score
1,173
Location
Texas, USA
April 6th is designated as Tartan Day in the US in honour of the role that Scottish Americans played in the develpment of our Nation. The date was chosen because it was on April 6, 1320, that the Declaration of Arbroath was signed. Our Declaration of Independence was based on it.

Here in Texas there is a ceremony at the Alamo each year on Tartan Day honouring the Scots and Scottish-Americans who gave their lives at the Alamo. It's quite moving, especially for us Texans.

National Tartan Day USA
 
Register to hide this ad
CelticSire said:
Here in Texas there is a ceremony at the Alamo each year on Tartan Day honouring the Scots and Scottish-Americans who gave their lives at the Alamo. It's quite moving, especially for us Texans.

National Tartan Day USA
Click to expand...

Thanks for sharing, Celtic Sire.

FWIW...It's also quite moving for us Tennesseans as well; since Crockett and his doomed band of Mountain men where most all from Tennessee.
They all volunteered to travel to the Texas territory to help win independence from Santa Ana and Mexico.

-Bearman
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Back
Top