From "Normal" to "Formal" - the kilt's place as a Highland garment

[macwilkin]

Since the bloody British were still in charge over here in '46 I would imagine the the Jacobite refugees refrained from wearing the kilt in public. However, I can vizualize a battlion of Jacobites in thier full highland garb with broad swords charging the British forces during the revolution. It would be interesting to know what exactly the custom was at that time regarding the wearing of the kilt, maybe someone knows.
Angus MacDonald

The ex-Jacobites in the American colonies tended to side with the British, or at least attempted to remain neutral in the first American "Civil War". Duane Meyer's history of the Highland Scots of North Carolina discussed the reasons why they refused to side with their rebel neighbours.

It may fit the patriot myth to have these Heilan Laddies charging the Lobsterbacks, but in reality, they were Loyalists, fighting against the descendants of Lowlanders, who viewed the redshanks like they viewed Indians across the pond.

T.