Father Bill, please don't take this the wrong way, but many non Scots forget that The Highlands until quite recently was the home of the kilt and that the majority(area and population) of Scotland is not in the Highlands. Not only that, at the time of proscription most of Scotland did not give a damn about the Highlands, Highlanders , tartan, or the kilt.The event that you wish to remember is just an event amongst many thousands of events that have happened during Scotland's long history and as such merits hardly a thought amongst the natives.