Culloden +263 years

**Kent Frazier** · 16th April 09, 05:21 AM

To honor those who fought and died in the Battle of Culloden, I will be wearing my Fraser Hunting kilt this afternoon. Work requires me to wear a uniform, but I'll be wearing black kilt hose and my Fraser Hunting flashes under the pants.

I have an amateur radio club meeting tonight and none of the members have seen me kilted....yet. It will be interesting to see the reception I get.

Anyone else doing anything to remember this day in history?

**McClef** · 16th April 09, 06:19 AM

I am all in black today black kilt, black t shirt, black socks.

**JolyStNicholas** · 16th April 09, 06:37 AM

Wearing Black and remembering all those who gave up their lives for this cause!

**KFCarter** · 16th April 09, 07:24 AM

Kilted at work with black vest (still waiting for my daywear jackets) and black flashes...

**lethearen** · 16th April 09, 07:36 AM

Forgive my ignorance, but what better place to learn about history?

What was the battle of culloden?

**Cynthia** · 16th April 09, 07:51 AM

I'll let some of our historians answer that, but please also list your favorite books about the subject when you do, thanks! I think I'd like to get one once I finish the current book I'm reading.

As far as us... I've been trying to think about it. I'd like to get hubby into his Black Stewart kilt tonight, but I'm not sure what all we'll do, really. I need to run an errand, but I don't know if he wants to wear the kilt out for that. He thought about making a nice dinner, but we'll see.

I wish I had finished the book I'm reading now and thought about it sooner so I could have gotten a book on Culloden. I think that would have been a good way to spend the day.

**Highlander31** · 16th April 09, 08:03 AM

On April 16th, 1746, Bonnie Prince Charlie was defeated at the Battle of Culloden. This defeat ended the Jacobite rebellion.

**Kent Frazier** · 16th April 09, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by lethearen

Forgive my ignorance, but what better place to learn about history?

What was the battle of culloden?

Originally Posted by Cynthia

I'll let some of our historians answer that, but please also list your favorite books about the subject when you do, thanks! I think I'd like to get one once I finish the current book I'm reading.

I'm not a historian, but short answer. The Battle of Culloden was the last battle fought on British soil, 16 April 1745 as part of the Jacobite Rebellion.

I don't currently have any books on the battle. I just ordered "Culloden" by John Prebble.

**McClef** · 16th April 09, 08:57 AM

It's also remembering the aftermath of the battle and the punishments and prohibitions that followed it.

**Jock Scot** · 16th April 09, 11:44 AM

Ahem,forgive me, but the Battle of Culloden was on 16th April 1746.I think that you should know that many people in Scotland regard the defeat of BPC as a good thing. I make no excuses for the barbaric behavior of the victorious British army, don't forget they had casualties too,but on the whole many take the view that in the long run Scotland was/is better off without him.I doubt that many Scots would even know the date of the battle.