Clan MacMillan tent at the North Alabama Scottish Festival

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Wonderful tent. Like all the banners. Did you make the chief banner?

The banner of our chief, George MacMillan of MacMillan and Knap is only flown when he is present. The two banners in front of the clan tent display the arms of Harold Cannon (on the higher staff as convener for the games) and yours truly.

[Harold Cannon]

Here are two renderings of our chief's standard.





Here is his banner of arms.

[Thomas H]

Yes the standard banner , I was wonder about it. I would love to fly our clans banner . I geuss I just ask our Cheif for Premisson then ?
Looks great Harold as all ways

What about the banner you are holding with the crest on it ?

[Harold Cannon]

Our clan is split up into branches. That is the one Scott is talking about that is for our appalachian branch.

[creagdhubh]

Nicely done Harold, et al! Thank you for sharing the photos.

Cheers,

[COScotsman]

Great looking tent. You honour the clan, and our chief, well.

[Harold Cannon]

I hope to be at Stone Mountain but can't seem to find the price for a pass for Saturday only or Saturday and Sunday. Would any of my kinsmen know about this?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Here is our chief's standard:



The standard is something like a "headquarters" flag, its principal use being as a marker to designate the gathering point of the clan. As such, it does not indicate the presence of the chief, merely the place where his clan is to gather. ~MoR


And this is his banner:


The banner depicts the chief's coat of arms on a rectangle and is only displayed when the chief is present to denote his physical location. It may be carried in a procession or flown from a flagstaff at the chief's tent (or anywhere else the chief may be). Some chiefs permit their banner to be displayed inside a clan tent as a way of showing their arms -- when this occurs the banner should be displayed as a wall hanging, and not on a flag pole. ~ MoR

[Harold Cannon]

I like the old tradition of having the saltire in the hoist.

I suggested a similar version using the arms of the U.S.A. in the hoist on another site when designing my flags and I thought they were going to hang me for it.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I like the old tradition of having the saltire in the hoist.

A quick look at fifty-five Scottish standards shows forty-one with the arms in the hoist, so the saltire is definitely in the minority.

I suggested a similar version using the arms of the U.S.A. in the hoist on another site when designing my flags and I thought they were going to hang me for it.

LOL!