some pics from the Highland Games in USA NC July

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With regard to people in kilt attire, I have to say I was quite amazed by the number of spectators, including teenaged boys and girls, who were wandering the grounds at the Glengarry Highland Games in Eastern Ontario last weekend. It hit me as soon as we walked through the gates. I don't know if that is a "post-Covid" reality, as this was my first time at these games, but there were enough young men in kilts to stand out. Granted they were the normal acrylic fare from Pakistan, but I give any teen full marks for wearing a kilt. And there were numerous young ladies in billie kilts.

Just my 2bits.

Glengarry Highland Games! Funny you would mention that. That's in Maxville, right? Those were my ancestors that settled that town. Though they called it "Lochiel" when it became a township. Initially. It changed names over the years.

After doing research, I found that my ancestors migrated from Glenelg, Scotland to Maxville in 1793.

40 families (on one ship) tried to cross the Atlantic from Glenelg during the Highland Clearances. The leader of those 40 families was Alexander MacLeod. The war with Napoleon made them turn back on the first attempt (ran into military threat from other ships). But the next year they tried again, and made it.

If you travel from Maxville to MacLeod Rd (4 miles), you'll be at the family farm my ancestor settled. They still own it. Some later generations emigrated to the USA, which is where I am.

You were 4 miles from my direct ancestor's farm.